DD knows where they are/Choc Frogs

sopraniste sopraniste at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 7 02:34:03 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 109233

I had one other thought that kind of tied into the whole
Spymaster!DD idea. Aside from the intelligence network, DD also 
strikes me as quite the propaganda-meister.

Consider: "What happened down in the dungeons between yourself and 
Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole 
school knows." (PS/SS 296).

And who is the ONLY person who KNOWS what happened down in the 
dungeons between Harry and Professor Quirrell???

Ron and Hermione were both left behind, the only people who KNEW 
that it was Professor Quirrell were Harry (who was unconscious in 
the Hospital Wing at the time) and Dumbledore himself.

Something similar happens in OotP (you'll have to forgive me again 
for not being able to cite the reference properly) right at the 
beginning of the chapter that immediately follows The Centaur and 
the Sneak. Harry and Marietta were the only students present, and 
neither of them talked, but SOMEHOW the whole school knows about 
DD's showdown with the MoM and his spectacular escape. Granted, 
McGonagall could have spread the word (in fact, I have no doubt that 
she did) but on WHOSE ORDERS???

Just something to think about.
Flop.






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