The Death Chamber

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81773

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <darkmatter30 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
> <gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> <snipping assorted comments unrelated to the point at hand>
> > > Richard, who is curious what would have happened had Dobby not 
> > > intervened in CoS.
> > 
> > Geoff:
> >

<also snipping extraneous comments>

 
> > Here we have got movie "contamination", though I don't like the 
use 
> > of the word - I like the films as well as the book (cries 
> > of "heretic" from off-stage)
> > 
> > There is no reference to a spell in the book -
> 

<snip>

> 
> me (Richard) here:
> 
> You miss the point.  I referred to the movie when speaking of the 
AK 
> by Lucius, but in my wondering, I am only concerned with the fact 
> that Lucius attempted to attack Harry ... which he did in both the 
> movie and the book.  The difference between the two scenes lies in 
> the method attempted, not in the presence of absence of an attack.
> 
> Having reminded you of this, I still wonder what would (or could) 
> have happened had Dobby NOT intervened.  

Geoff:
I think, in return, that you missed my point. Lucius attempted to 
attack Harry /because/ Dobby was there. If he had not been there, 
then LM would not have launched the attack. 

Since Dobby spends a lot of his time defending Harry (admittedly in 
rather questionable ways), he would not have stood back in the 
situation which did arise.