Rumours (was:Re: Q - It's a Joke)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 97287

Geoff:
There is an interesting parallel here in OOTP:

'The notices had gone up all around the school overnight but they did
not explain how every single person within the castle seemed to know
that Dumbledore had overcome two Aurors, the High Inquisitor, the
Minister for Magic and his Junior Assistant to escape. No matter
where Harry went within the castle, the sole topic of conversation
was Dumbledore's flight and though some of the details may have gone
awry in the retelling (Harry overheard one second-year girl assuring
another that Fudge was now lying in St.Mungo's with a pumpkin for a
head) it was surprising how accurate the rest of their information
was. Everybody knew, for instance, that Harry and Marietta were the
only students to have witnessed the scene in Dumbledore's office and,
as Marietta was now in the hospital wing, Harry found himself
besieged with requests to give a first-hand account.'

(OOTP "Snape's Worst Memory" p.550 UK edition)


vmonte responds:

I'm sure the portraits are responsible for passing on what happened 
in DD's office. I seem to remember a portrait in GoF passing on 
information to the fat lady.