What happened to Trelawney?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 91321

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "brwneil" <BrwNeil at a...> wrote:
> Dolores was about to kick Trelawney out of the castle when 
Dumbledore 
> steped and said that Umbridge had the right to fire her, but 
> couldn't make her leave the castle.  The headmaster decided who 
could 
> and couldn't live in the castle.
> 
> One would assume then that as soon as Dumbledore was gone and 
> Umbridge was made Headmistrest she would have sent Trelawney 
packing 
> as one of her first acts, but we hear nothing.  Is this sort of an 
> unwritten Flint?  Or did both Rowling and Umbridge forget she was 
> still in the tower drinking her sherry?


Jen: Interesting point. My guess is Umbridge's main goal was to get 
Dumbeldore out from the bottom up by slowly replacing his loyal 
staff. So it wasn't Trelawney per se that she was worried about, 
especially once Dumbeldore left on his own. Then, once DD is out, 
the chaos begins and Umbridge has her hands full for the rest of her 
time as Headmistress. None of the other teachers would remind her 
Trelawney is still there, and Filch probably never sees her.