OOP: WAS:(Sirius) A person is more .. Now:Spy

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 65270

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debbie" <debmclain at y...> wrote:
> Wendy:
> 
> Thanks for the compliment, but it wasn't me who wrote that. I did, 
> however, write a couple posts that I think Tonks is a spy, in a 
> Quirrell way. However, I like the Lupin spy theories too. Yet, 
> something is going on with Tonks. She's attempting to be too cute 
and 
> lovable not to be truly evil.
> 
> -Debbie
> 
> "Wendy St John" wrote:
> > 
> > > -Debbie wrote:
> > 
> > "I haven't seen anyone bring this up about Tonks being a spy - on 
> pg. 
> > 52 of the US version, Tonks tells Harry she only qualified as an 
> > Auror a year ago.  When Harry meets with McGonagall for career 
> > counseling on page 662, McGonagall tells him "I don't think 
anybody 
> > had been taken on (as an Auror) in the last three years."  Maybe 
> > McGonagall isn't up to speed on Auror admissions, but I found it 
> > interesting."
> > 
> > Now me (Wendy):
> > 
> > Ooh - nice notice, Debbie! It does sound a bit dodgy. But it 
> *could* be
> > explained as McGonagall saying no one had been taken on to 
*train* 
> as an
> > auror in the last three years. Since it seems to be a pretty 
> intense career
> > path to take, Tonks might well have been "taken on" as an intern 
or
> > apprentice or student or whatever three or more years ago, and 
only
> > finished her training and become an "official" auror the year 
> before.

I was curious so I looked it up. Umbridge made a perculiarly slight 
coughing noise at the moment Macgonagall said this. Could it have 
been a "shows what you know." signal.
Did Macgonagall say "three years" as a diversion from what she really 
*did* know?
Or did it means something else.
I am a bit certain that the cough is relevant. What does eveyone else 
think?
Valky