[HPforGrownups] Did DD lie about the Prophecy ?

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 117793

Del wrote:
(big snippage)
> 2. In the second case, the Prophecy is delivered only to a specific
> recipient. In the first one, it is delivered to (potentially) a whole
> room of people. Trelawney could have given her second prophecy during
> class, for example. But no, she waited for her *only* opportunity to
> see Harry in private. Inversely, she supposedly delivered her first
> prophecy in circumstances where other people could overhear her. So
> I'm wondering : did DD outright lie when he pretended the prophecy was
> given in the Hog's head ? After all, *why* would he have interviewed
> Trelawney there ? She had taken a room at the pub, granted, but I
> would expect that she would have gone up to the castle, to DD's
> office, for her interview. That's the way things happen usually :
> applicants come to the boss's office. *Especially* when the boss is
> not interested in filling the post to start with : DD said he didn't
> intend to continue the Divination class. So why would he go all the
> way to Hogsmeade to meet a potential applicant, instead of having her
> come to her office ? Or did he also lie about the reason he was
> meeting her in the first place ? Did he not want some people to know
> that he was meeting Trelawney ? Or maybe he never met her to start
> with, and he was never the one the prophecy was delivered to. Which
> brings me to my third point :


I myself have always invisioned DD interviewing Trelawny in the room
she rented, I'm not sure why, I guess it's not mentioned in the text,
but I imagined the interview in the room and the person who overheard
them listening at the keyhole.

As for why DD would interview her there as opposed to Hogwarts, it
actually makes sense to me. This is before Voldemort's downfall, so
I'm pretty sure DD would keep the school grounds closed to anyone but
staff and students in order to keep the students as safe as possible.

Alina.