Wormtail's Debt? (was: Re: And then there were none.)

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 93242

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook 
<DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> 
> Saturday, March 13, 2004, 9:45:04 PM, greatelderone wrote:
> 
> g> I agree Lupin is going to buy it. Why else would one need a 
silver 
> g> hand for, but to kill werewolves.
> 
> Am I the the only one who is really, REALLY finding it impossible 
to
> believe that there's ANYTHING Wormtail could possibly do to make
> Harry "glad he saved his life", as Dumbledore says?  Yes, he may
> someday reciprocate and save Harry's life, but after all the damage
> he's done and probably will do before that day comes, I don't think
> Harry will ever be happy or grateful about it.
> 
> -- 
> Dave

I don't know about that. After all, the Sorting Hat (who by his own 
admission has never been wrong, and according to JKR in the World 
Book Day chat, you can trust the Sorting Hat to be trustworthy) put 
Wormtail in Gryffindor for *some* reason. He obviously comes off as 
more of a weak, sneaky, ratlike coward now, but there must be some 
tiny, miniscule, insignificant, long dormant spark of Gryffindor 
bravery in him which allowed him to be put in that house instead of 
Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Whether or nor Harry will be "glad" that 
Wormtail's life was saved or not, I don't know, but I am sure that 
he will be grateful for it sometime in the future. 
Meri - who believes that if there is one life that Harry will regret 
was ever saved it will probably be Sanpe's