24 hours again

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104693

Ffred wrote:
<snip>
> Why, first of all, did Dumbledore do Sybil's job interview in the
Hog's Head? He admits that it was a known haunt of dodgy characters
which, in the circumstances of the time, would have made going there
on the unwise side. Did he do it as a subtle insult to Sybil, whose
qualities he admits he didn't value until she started prophesying?
Seems a bit extreme. 
> Would he have _really_ done a job interview in the public bar? <snip>

Carol:
Since the Hog's Head is an inn as well as a bar, Sybil was probably
staying there. Presumably the interview was in a semi-private parlor
similar to the one where Fudge has tea with Harry in PoA. DD says they
were in an upstairs room, not down in the public bar. As for how an
eavesdropper could hear them, the door must have been left open or
perhaps he was listening through a keyhole. Alternatively, when
Trelawney's voice was raised, the eavesdropper may have run from
another room to hear what was going on and been kicked out for
prying/spying on other patrons. I don't think it was Dumbledore
himself who threw the eavesdropper out since he seems to have heard
the entire Prophecy. It must have been Aberforth who caught him and
told Albus what happened later. (I won't get into the identity of the
eavesdropper since that's one of the most vexing loose ends in the
whole series.)

Carol