Harry's Big Money Gift.... & more on money

[Catherine Coleman]

No: HPFGUIDX 53222

In message <b42tp3+5t16 at eGroups.com>, "Steve <bboy_mn at yahoo.com>" 
<bboy_mn at yahoo.com> writes

In response to Siriuskase' question about the difficulties the 
spectators would have had actually seeing any of the Third task, Steve 
wrote:

>So it is reasonable to assume that the stands
>are from 30ft to 70 or 80ft above the ground, which means that people
>COULD look down into the hedges and see people moving around. The
>contestants could not be seen by everyone all the time, but they could
>reasonably be some by many of the people most of the time. And I feel
>that the Cup was placed in an open area near the end where /most/
>people could see the cup being taken.

While I agree that it is possible that the centre could have been 
visible, the rest just doesn't make sense or fit with canon.  How on 
earth could Moody/BCJ have moved around *inside* the maze (instead of 
the perimeters which is what the others were doing), without being 
spotted? Yes, we know he's got an invisibility cloak, but surely if he 
was constantly clearing the way for Harry, people would have noticed 
that obstacles were being dealt with before Harry reached them?  If the 
maze was completely surrounded by stands, which would imply that some of 
the spectators could see parts of the maze all of the time, leaving very 
little of it completely impenetrable, BCJ's actions would seem 
incredibly risky. Furthermore, if he was constantly apparating from the 
outside of the maze into it, then surely people would have noticed this 
as well?

Because of this I have always assumed that the Third Task was a poor 
excuse for a spectator-friendly event - just like the Second Task, btw.

Catherine