How Not to Be Seen? (was Chapter Discussions: Chapter 3,)

[kiricat2001]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <Ali at z...> wrote:
> First posted as message 76055:-
 
> Harry becomes very cold flying but experiences real pleasure, 
> forgetting his problems for the first time in weeks. Harry and co 
> finally land in an unkempt square in a dilapidated almost slummy 
> part of London. We are reintroduced to the Put-Outer first used by 
> Dumbledore at the beginning of PS/ SS. The chapter finishes with 
> Moody giving Harry written details of the Order of the Phoenix HQ 
> which he tells Harry to memorise.
> 
> (Q 10) Does the use of the Put Outer here show that it is used 
> solely as its name implied or is it an indication that Harry is 
> again provided wit Multi-layered protection without him realising?

This section makes me scratch my head.  Moody puts a Disillusionment 
Charm on Harry, rendering him invisible.  The whole lot of them fly 
off on their brooms, and everyone except Harry is perfectly visible, 
not only to Muggles, but to any Death Eater spies that might be 
lurking about.  

They land in a square in the middle of London - a crowd of men and 
women swooping in on their brooms.  And once they've landed and 
dismounted from their odd form of transport, Moody uses the Put-Outer 
to put the lights out. 

Granted, the square in which they've arrived probably doesn't draw a 
crowd of strollers, and the neighborhood is obviously not one that 
attracts hordes of toursits, but still, this need for secrecy after 
the fact strikes me as odd.  And before you say that putting out the 
lights is necessary so that no one will notice the sudden appearance 
of 12 Grimmauld Place popping up between its neighbors, then how does 
the house remain invisible when a member of the Order arrives there 
during daylight hours?

Marianne