7 Horcruxes - Shock & outrage!!

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 144849

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scamjunk22" <latha272 at i...> wrote:
> ...edited...
>  
> ...! I remember that at the end of HBP, Mcgonagall *asks* HP for
> info on what he and DD were doing that night and any other info 
> that DD might have shared with him (...)
> 
> In OotP, the portraits tell that it is their bounden duty to serve
> the present Headmaster (or headmistress in this case), so couldn't
> it be possible that McGonagall would know for sure about the 7 
> Horcruxes thing??  That is, if she asks them for the info, she can
> get it. HP is DDM, but the portraits are there to serve her now.
> Wouldn't DD's portrait itself not tell her all she wants to know?
> Why ask HP and then be angry with him for not telling????
> 
> scam.

bboyminn:

Someone has already given the most obvious answer, and that is that
Harry is standing right there and it seems only logical to ask him.

As to the portraits, don't forget that Dumbledore's portrait is also
there now, and once he wakes up, he is not only capable of talking to
McGonagall but also capable of talking to and interacting with the
other portraits. Dumbledore's protrait can tell McGonagall whatever he
thinks she needs to know, and can further tell the other portraits NOT
to tell McGonagall any secrets he does not want her to know. Further,
I think the portraits would obey Dumbledore. In the portrait /world/
Dumbledore would certainly command respect and the continued
admiration and cooperation of the other headmasters. 

Even more so, if portrait!Dumbledore and, at his request, the other
portraits refused to tell McGonagall certain information, I think she
would respect Dumbledore's wishes. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn