Basilisk (Was: Re: Arranged wizard marriages?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 97196

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:
> <<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bookworm" 
wrote: ...Something 
> I've wondered about is how did the basilisk (or TR) know when to 
> strike so that only Muggle-borns would be petrified? What was 
there 
> to stop a pure-blood from walking around the corner at the wrong 
time?
> >>>
> 
> The Sergeant Majorette says
> 
> The basilisk knows when to strike the same way a police dog knows: 
a 
> signal from the handler. As for TR and the random pureblood, dumb 
> luck. The basilisk kills by eye contact and according to 
FBWTFT, "are 
> as dangerous to most Dark wizards as to anybody else," as they can 
> only be controlled by Parselmouths.

Does that mean Ginny was nearby each time to be TR's "eyes"? How was 
she able to hide each time before Harry and the others found the 
petrified bodies? I would think someone in her class would notice 
that Ginny was just joining the group before every incident.

Ravenclaw Bookworm