FLINT? When Hermione arrived at Grimmauld Place for Christmas

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 80794

RSFJenny wrote:
Now note what Hermione says, 
"Dumbledore told me what had happened first thing this morning, but 
I had to wait for term to end officially before setting off." 

So Hermione spent an entire day(DAY 1) wondering where the heck they 
all were and DD told her "first thing" two days later(DAY 2)? Why 
would he not tell her the whole first day, but then tell her right 
away on the morning of the second day?
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Tom replies:
He might not have told Hermione because, well, he has a lot of other 
stuff to be doing. That, and it occurs to me just now that she's a 
prefect. Since we haven't heard of any *other* Gryffindor prefects 
(don't want to get into a prefect debate, just pointing this out), 
it stands to reason that even if he did consider the effect of 
events on Hermione, he probably realized that he couldn't leave 
Gryffindor prefect-less until the end of term.

I bet Hermione asked McGonagall what happened and probably got some 
answer or other. I'd wager that when Phineas Nigellus caught Harry 
trying to sneak off, Dumbledore (realizing that Hermione is a person 
in whom Harry frequently confides) told her about the situation. 
Maybe he even asked her to skip the skiing? 

One way or the other, I don't really think that it's a FLINT.

-Tom