Marrietta's betrayal

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 110891

Del wrote:
>>I'm pretty sure that Marrietta did approach Umbridge *that
evening*. But I wouldn't be surprised if Umbridge had talked with
Marrietta on previous occasions, and had made it clear that Marrietta
had better talk. As you said, Umbridge is very good at twisting the
truth, so of course she wouldn't mention that she had been
blackmailing the girl, for example.<<

HunterGreen:
And Umbridge was in a position to know all the students who were at 
the original meeting. Of all those, Marietta would (generally 
speaking) the easiest to pressure into talking. 
Then again, it could be that Umbridge wasn't the one pressuring her 
at all. Her mother, knowing this sort of thing was at one point going 
on and that her daughter was sort of involved in it, may have been 
asking her over and over if she knew anything about it. I know 
teenagers decieve their parents all the time, but that doesn't mean 
they enjoy it. If she had been caught with the group, I'm sure she 
would have more to worry about from her family than Ron or Harry or 
Hermione would.