Percy's Letter (Was: Is Percy a spy?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 111275

A very good post snipped out leading to:

Brandy: 
> If he were a spy, why on earth would he send this info through 
RON? Ron who 
> a) doesn't know he's a spy and so is likely to disregard what he 
says and b) 
> is not an actual member of the Order, and is left out of important 
meetings, etc.  If they were going to send Percy off to spy, I would 
certainly hope that they would give him better means of 
communication than through someone who doesn't even know he's 
supposed to be relaying information.  
> 

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Although I'm not sure if Percy is under cover, or just misguided; I 
don't think the letter was his "official spy report."  He may have 
been making an attempt to give the Trio a "heads up" and he may have 
included a desparate attempt to get information to the Order.  

If Hermione had sent Ron a note saying what a delightful woman 
Umbridge was, Ron would know she didn't mean it, and would 
understand to read carefully.  It could be that Percy expected Ron 
to see through some of these comments as well.

I'd like it to have been an attempt to communicate if only because 
when this sort of thing ususally happens in fiction, the characters 
immediately say, "Oh, look it's a code..see every other third word 
is important..."

The other thing is, he may not be a spy for the Order, but just for 
Dumbledore...in the same sense that Snape wasn't a member of the 
Order in the first war, but worked for DD.

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