CHAPTER 17 DISCUSSION:Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 97026

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_rude_mechanical" 
<a_rude_mechanical at y...> wrote:
> 
> With Hagrid not around, Harry's only choice is Grubbly-Plank, and so
> he heads off to the staffroom to find her, stopping to argue with 
> two stone gargoyles flanking the staffroom.  
> 
> ~~I happen to like these gargoyles, and wonder why they didn't turn
> up in PoA, when the DADA class went to the staffroom to battle 
> the boggart.  Are they new?~~
> 

Potioncat:
I think they were put there by McGonagall and Flitwick to warn the 
teachers when Umbridge was nearby.  It will interesting to see if 
they're still there in the next book.