Quirrel's Name

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 3 03:28:37 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 87991

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger"
<quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> Carol:
> > <SNIP> Odd, since Dumbledore addresses all of his employees and 
> former
> > > students by their given names. Maybe he never speaks directly to
> > > Quirrel in Harry's hearing?
> 
> Ayra: 
> > Ok, I'm totally confused at this--what are you talking about?  What 
> hearing?
> 
> Ginger:
> 
> I think "hearing" was meant to mean that Dumbledore didn't address 
> Quirrel when Harry was there to hear it.  
> 
> I did the same thing.  The brain went to the OoP hearing before I 
> reread the sentance.
> 
> Ginger

My apologies to both of you. I'll try to be more precise in my diction
(though if I'd been referring to an actual hearing, I would have used
"at," not "in"). Yes, I did mean when Harry is present to hear him
(Dumbledore). The book, despite the third-person narrator, is after
all mostly presented from his POV.

So let me rephrase my question. Setting aside the matter of Harry's
presence, which we can take as a given, can anyone recall an instance
of Dumbledore speaking directly to Quirrell and, if so, did he use
Quirell's first name (his usual form of address to his employees)? All
I really want to know is whether the guy has a first name that we know
of. That would make determining his nationality and possible
connection to Durmstrang easier.

Carol





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