Did DD lie about the Prophecy ?

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 117817


--- 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.
> 
> That still wouldn't explain :
snip
> - 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. 

Meri: Not impossible or even that improbable. Think about this: DD 
and Trelawny are in her (as potioncat suggested) sitting room, with 
DD's back to the door that leads out to the hallway. They are having 
tea, the interview is proceeding v. badly from Trelawny's standpoint 
and DD is just about to excuse himself when she goes into her 
trance. Meanwhile, the spy, whoever he is, is standing in the 
deserted hallway with his ear pressed to the sitting room door and 
is starting to get psyched because he's actually gonna hear 
something important for a change. And meanwhile again, good old 
Aberforth, knowing of his brother's weakness for snacks, decides to 
take a tray of tea and crumpets up to Trelawny's room. As Trelawny 
gets to the dramatic part of the prophecy, Aberforth catches the spy 
in the act and scares him away, keeping him from hearing the crucial 
info, DD, hearing the disturbance, turns away from the now quiet 
Trelawny and bursts into the hallway to see his brother and the 
shattered tea tray, puts two and two together and realizes that he's 
been spied on. 

Del: It would almost mean that whoever overheard them was actually
> spying on them. Which brings even more questions to my mind :
> - Who was the spy sying on ? DD or Trelawney ? Why would anyone 
spy on
> Trelawney ?

Meri: Surely DD was being followed, watched, spied on and tailed by 
as many double agents as LV could afford. LV knowing exactly where 
and what DD was doing at all times was probably a big priority for 
the DEs. If DD ever even thought of leaving Hogwarts Castle he was 
probably watched. Even DD, whatever powers he might have, cannot 
tell the future. How was he to know that Trelawny would choose that 
night to deliver a prophecy of such importance, especially seeing as 
she had never shown any talent before? Sybil, as DD tells us, chose 
the Hog's Head for its cheapness and perhaps DD didn't want to 
inconvenience her by asking her to come up to the castle. 

Meri - agreeing at least that any speculating leads to more 
questions...