[HPforGrownups] OotP: Sneaks and Spies

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 64737

> Now me (Wendy):
>
> But Peter *was* in the Order. Page 174 (U.S. version) in Chapter Nine,
> Moody shows Harry a photo of the original members of the Order, and
> Wormtail is in the photo.
>
> The one about whom I'm wondering is McGonagall - she's not mentioned as
> being in the photo. Later, Harry and Co. certainly consider her to be a
> member of the Order, but is there actually any reference the book that
> states she is? In previous books, I found her absence at key moments as
> being rather conspicuous (for example, when Dumbledore sends her on a task
> before Sirius reveals himself). Is she actually a member of the Order, or
> are we just assuming she is because of her brilliant defiance of Umbridge?
> I've only read the book through once, so I'll be looking for this on my
> second go, unless someone else can remember specifically a place where
> Dumbledore acknowledges her as an actual member of the Order.

IIRC, McGonagall shows up at 12 Grimmauld Place once or twice during the
summer.  To me, that would imply she was in the Order.  That and a couple of
comments she makes to Harry (I think about Umbridge).  Don't feel like
looking it up and I've only read the book once (fighting the urge to
reread), but I know McGonagall showed up at the house.  To me, that would
imply she's in the Order, otherwise she'd have no way of knowing about it.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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