Undercover Percy: who notified Dumbledore?

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 81025

> n_longbottom01: 
> > 2.  Who notified Dumbledore about the change in trial date?
> > 
> 1.  Percy is secretly working undercover for Dumbledore, and he is 
> able to pass the trial time change information along to Dumbledore 
> shortly before the trial begins.
> 
> 2.  One of the Aurors who works for the Order could have seen Arthur 
> and Harry rushing off to the trial, and then contacted Dumbledore to 
> let him know to get over to the MoM right away.
> 
> 3.  Maybe Arthur had time to contact Dumbledore himself, after he 
> sends Harry into the courtroom alone.
> 
> 4.  Possibly some of the portraits of former Headmasters could have 
> been keeping an eye on Harry at the MoM (like the portrait in St. 
> Mungo's who does a head-count to make sure everyone who set off to 
> visit Arthur in the hospital got there safely).
>
> <snip> 
> 
> So... can anyone narrow down this list, or add to it?  I'm sorry if 
> I'm off base on any of them... I don't have access to the book right 
> now.
> 
> n_longbottom01

I think that the most probable person to tell Dumbledore of the change 
in the time of the trial must have been one of those members of the 
judge panel (Wizengamot) that are still friends with Dumbledore - two 
people come to mind. In chapter 8 they are identified as "two elderly 
witches in the back row [who] raised their hands and waved welcome". 

Later on, we get a better description of them: chapter fifteen talks 
about an article in the newspaper were two elder members of Wizengamot 
leave after the creation of the High Inquisitor. They are Griselda 
Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden (Griselda is accused of "alleged links to 
subversive goblin groups" that, for all we know, might actually be real 
and by order of Dumbledore, who is using Griselda to contact the 
goblins just as he is using Bill).

I don't think Percy is a spy for Dumbledore, but if he is he's so 
undercover (looking that much of a git means he's *really* undercover, 
IMO) he wouldn't risk blowing it for such a minor matter as a change of 
time for a hearing.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf