small thing in COS: Possibility

[Rebecca D.]

No: HPFGUIDX 98319

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hedwigstalons" 
<hedwigstalons at y...> wrote:
> snip
> 
> > Here's a thought (and it's way out in left field, so it's okay 
if 
> > you disagree): Petrified Hermione is clutching a small piece of 
> > paper telling about the Basalisk.  However, given Hermione's 
> respect 
> > for books, it seems so unlikely to me that she would _tear_ a 
page 
> > out of a book - probably a LIBRARY book at that.  
> > 
> >
> > 
> > Antigone q.
> 
> I too am struck upon each reading of COS how unusually out of 
> character it seems to have Hermione rip a page out of book. If her 
> respect for books is as great as mine, ripping a page from a book 
is  
> INCONCEIVABLE! But, perhaps she had no paper and quill, or no time 
to 
> copy the info. because the basilisk was in the room?
> 
> Then, as to "Who gave it to her?" (if anyone did) why not Dobby? 
> Why was Penelope Clearwater in the library if the rest of the 
school 
> was on its way to the Quidditch field?
> 
> Is Penelope part of the "something small" in COS?
> 
> HedwigsTalons

That seems like a good possibility.  Dobby was privy to all kinds of 
information in the Malfoy household.

Antigone Q