Comparisons

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 89841

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> Kneasy:
> I think you underestimate the curiosity of the Hogwarts mob. 
> Nothing like the idea of secret chambers to get 'em worked up. How
> many students through the centuries must have wondered about it?
> Certainly the staff  did; we are told that the school had been 
searched
> many times trying to find it. Just the sort of part-time hobby kids 
like
> Harry or Ron would have been happy to indulge in.

Geoff:
Reiterating my point, no one seemed to know about the Chamber until 
the first petrifying event.

Maybe it is in "Hogwarts, a History" but it does seemt hat the only 
person who reads it prior to this is HG.....

> > Geoff:
> > I don't think he was responsible for Quirrell's exit. Harry 
grabbed 
> > his face and, realising that he needed to keep him in pain to 
stop 
> > any cursing, almost immmediately let go and clung on to his arm.
> > 
> > I tend to disbelieve that briefly blistering Q's face and then 
> > damaging his arm was sufficient to disable him to make Voldemort 
> > abandon him. More likely that Quirrell's cover was now blown; he 
> > would obviously be dealt with in some way by those who rescued 
Harry 
> > and make him useless as a vehicle for Voldemort.
> 
> Kneasy:
> I'd hardly call "howling in agony" and "Quirrell's terrible 
shrieks" a
> 'brief blistering'. Sounds a bit more disabling than that to me.
> Whatever the power in Harry was, it was inimicable to Voldy. He had
> to get away from it. Only option - leave Quirrell who promptly 
snuffs
> it. And it's Harry's fault.

Geoff:
If you get burnt, even fairly slightly, it's very painful. And 
Quirrell's shrieks were linked to Harry holding his arm. "Harry 
jumped to his feet, caught Quirrell by the arm and hung on as tight 
as he could. Quirrell screamed..." 

(PS "The Man with Two Faces" p.214 UK edition)

Not continued to scream. The implication is that he began again. So 
his arm is perhaps getting badly burned. Hardly likely to be fatal 
with Madam Pomfrey's abilities.

Add to that, who the dickens started the attack? Who tried to kill 
him? Harry acted in self-defence and whatever happened to Quirrell - 
whoever killed him and I maintain it was Voldemort - it's not Harry's 
fault.