No: HPFGUIDX 112906
Theotokos wrote:
>>> In Ch. 22 "St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries"
Harry has just had the experience of being Nagini and seeing Mr.
Weasley bitten. The kids are now is DD office, Fawkes is keeping
a "look out", and Phineas has gone to alert Sirius of the imminent
arrival of the Weasley children and Harry. In the American HB page
474:
> There was a flash of flame in the very middle of the office,
leaving behind a single golden feather that floated gently to the
floor.
> "It is Fawkes's warning," said Dumbledore, catching the
feather as it fell. "She must know you're out of your
beds....Minerva, go and head her off--tell her any story--"
> I think it is agreed who the "she" is but how did she know? It is
the middle of the night for goodness sakes! Does she somehow have
the portraits watched or watching?>>
Marcela here:
If you remember, when Minerva and both Harry and Ron
are walking to Dumbledore's office, Mrs. Norris spots them and
Minerva had to shoo it away. Ergo, Mrs. Norris alerted Filch, whom
alerted Dolores. Same situation happened before when Harry went to
the owlery to send Sirius a message, at the beginning of the school
year: Mrs. Norris spotted him -Harry said something like 'I'm
allowed to walk in the halls this early in the morning' to Mrs.
Norris and sure enough, after a while Filch showed up thinking Harry
was asking for dungbombs and Cho sort of gave him an alibi.
Theotokos:
> AND on page 470:
> Dumbledore now swooped down upon one of the fragile silver
instruments whose function Harry had never known, carried it over to
his desk, sat down facing them again, and tapped it gently with the
tip of his wand.
> The instrument tinkled into life at once with rhythmic
clinking noises. Tiny puffs of pale green smoke issued from the
minuscule silver tube at the top. DD watched the smoke closely, his
brow furrowed, and after a few seconds, the tiny puffs became a
steady stream of smoke that thickened and coiled in the air....A
serpent's head grew out of the end of it, opening its mouth wide.
Harry wondered whether the instrument was confirming his story: He
looked eagerly at DD for a sign that he was right, but DD did not
look up.
> "Naturally, naturally," murmured DD apparently to himself,
still observing the stream of smoke with the slightest sign of
surprise. "But in essence divided?"
> Harry could make neither head nor tail of this question. The
smoke serpent, however, split itself instantly into two snakes, both
coiling and undulating in the dark air. With a look of grim
satisfaction DD gave the instrument another gentle tap with his
wand: The clinking noise slowed and died, and the smoke serpents
grew faint, became a formless haze, and vanished.
> What is that about? It must be giving DD some sort of answers
about Harry's vision. Essence divided? two snakes? Does it have
something to do with LV possession of Harry?
> I am lost.>>
Marcela here:
Well, we are all in the same boat as you and with no
compass, :P. There are some theories and speculations that the
smokey snake is both LV's and Harry's wills/souls but that they
are 'in essence divided', to make it short, meaning that LV's
essence takes the bad path and Harry's the good one (or wrong and
right, or whatever, but do not share the same fate). And as for
your last question, it could very well be the explanation as to why
LV wasn't able to possess Harry in the end of the book or why
LV 'felt' Harry's presence in his (or the snake's mind) when he was
attacking Mr. Weasley -Harry wanted to stop the attack so strongly
that LV sensed him in his mind. Sorry if this doesn't help, but do
not despair, you'll get some long answers to this dilemma soon <g>.
Marcela