A loose end or two...

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No: HPFGUIDX 83922

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermionegallo" <hermionegallo at y...> 
wrote:
> Kneasy wrote:
> Would I speculate that  he is still working on them in St Mungo's?
> > No. There's no way the Healers would allow a patient in his 
> condition to have the use of a wand;  plus he's in a locked ward most 
> of the time.> 
> 
> 
> hg:
> Ah, but Kneasy, it's *supposed* to be locked -- go back and take a 
> look at how carefully Healer Strout keeps tabs on old Gilderoy.  He 
> wanders off constantly, and the door to Ward 49 isn't locked at all.  
> 
> Not that I think he's faking it.  Although I suppose he could be.  
> For the right reasons?...
> hg.

They  don't seem to be too concerned with security, do they?
I think the main danger with Lockhart is his apparently wide-eyed
innocence. But he has been revealed  as a cold-hearted, calculating,
self-serving opportunist. The kids seem to regard him with slightly
embarrassed contempt. With Lockhart that could be a mistake.

I agree, I don't think he's faking it - now. But as he recovers it may
be a different story, he'll revert  to  type and JKR could get a lot more
milage out of him as a high-nuisance character.

But will she? We can only hope.

Kneasy