Did DD lie about the Prophecy ?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 117786


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> 
> Meri wrote :
> " IIRC the interview between DD and Trelawny was taking place in a
> room Trelawny rented above the bar at the Hog's Head. And this 
makes a
> little more sense, because a crowded bar is not the best place for 
a
> job interview, even one DD isn't planning to take that seriously. "
> 
> Del replies :
> You mean that the interview took place in the very bedroom 
Trelawney
> rented ? Could be. I'd never imagined it that way, but it could be.



Potioncat:
I would think more a sitting room. Or a room intended for a 
meeting.  Why he didn't meet her in his office is a good question.  
Unless he had already declined to meet with her and at her 
insistence agreed to come to the Hogshead.  

Del: 
> That still wouldn't explain :
> - how they could have been overheard. I'm not saying it's 
impossible,
> I'm just saying that it's even more improbable than I previously
> thought. It would almost mean that whoever overheard them was 
actually
> spying on them.

Potioncat:
I think DD is very vague as to who was listening.  The bartender 
could have seen a rat running along the hall, picked it up by its 
tail and tossed it out the window.  And DD could have put that 
together later.  

Or a drunk may have been kicked out that DD later realised had been 
listening and only pretending to be drunk.  Although it sounds as if 
a person was caught in the act, it may not have been that at all.

Del:
 Which brings even more questions to my mind :
> - Who was the spy sying on ? DD or Trelawney ? Why would anyone 
spy on
> Trelawney ?
> - Didn't whoever was being spied on know they were being spied 
on ? In
> that case, why make the interview in a place where they could so
> easily be overheard ? Once again : why not do it in DD's office ?

Potioncat:
But, if there were other prophecies, and if a certain evil overlord 
was anticipating more to come...someone could have been assigned to 
listen out.  

Potioncat:
Who suddenly imagines TT twins with their extendable ears 
listening...
> 
> Questions, questions, ever more questions !!
> 
> Del