Mistaken identity - part three

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 80555

"Kirstini" wrote:

> The only reason we know that Florence exists at all is because 
> Bertha Jorkins names her to Dumbledore. "I saw him kissing 
> Florence", she says. This presumes that she knows who Florence is. 
> If she has seen and identified Florence, she's not going to tell 
> Sirius "I saw him kissing a girl with red hair" if she knows the 
> name of this girl. 

No ? Try and picture something like this :
We know that Bertha was the gossiping kind. We also know that Sirius 
was extremely good-looking, so it's not that wild an assumption that 
Bertha would try and attract his attention, like half the girls in 
the castle. So imagine Bertha coming up to Sirius, right after the 
kissing scene, which admittedly took place a little after the grey-
pants scene :
B, looking mysterious : Sirius ?
S, mightily annoyed : Yeah, what ?
B : I *think* you'd be *very* interested in what I saw just an hour 
ago...
S, not interested : Oh yeah ?
B : Huh-huh...
S, bored : OK, so what is it ?
B : I saw someone doing something...
S, bruskly, getting more and more bored : Yeah ? Who, what ?
B : Someone you don't like...
S : ???
B : Someone you don't like *at all*... Someone you keep fighting 
with...
S, after a moment of reflexion : Snivellus ?
B : Uh-uh.
S, slightly interested : So what ?
B : He was doing something incredible...
S, getting impatient : What ?!
B, looking disgusted : Something *I* wouldn't dream of doing with 
*him*...
S, bemused : Huh ???
B : In fact, I'm surprised *she* could stand it...
S, completely flabbergasted : She could stand what ???
B : Well, you know, a boy, a girl ...
S, guffawing as the truth dawns on him : You mean Snivellus got 
himself a *girlfriend* ??? Harf, harf !!!
B : Yep. And you will never guess who it is...
S : Like I care ! Whoever she is, she must have a troll as a dad to 
be so desperate !
B, displeased and hurt : I wouldn't say so. She's quite pretty in 
fact.
S, still laughing : Oh yeah ?? Like what ? A cross between Moaning 
Myrtle and a hag ?
B, curtly : Not exactly. Very cute, beautiful red hair...
S, interrupting, not laughing anymore suddenly : Red hair ?
B : Yes, and...
S, not listening anymore : how *dare* he ? He must have put a Charm 
on her or something, just to get back at James ! How *dare* he !!! 
Oooh, he'll pay for that, all right...
And off he goes, leaving Bertha completely befuddled. But Bertha 
doesn't want him to go. She runs after him, and grabs his arm. But 
Sirius is in such a wrath that he hexes her just to get her out of 
his way.

And later, when talking about that scene, Bertha would of course say 
that she was telling him about Snape, that she saw him kissing 
Florence, not realizing that this is not at all what Sirius 
understood.

Does it sound credible ?

Del