[HPforGrownups] Aberforth: Traitor To Dumbledore?

[Chris O'Toole]

No: HPFGUIDX 121223


 
 

 
entropymail:
 
In anticipation of Book 6, I've been re-reading OOP (again).   We see
in Ch 16 the humble beginnings of Dumbledore's Army and, soon after in
Ch 17, the posting of  Educational Decree Number 24.
 
I've been trying to figure out just who might have really spilled the
beans to Umbridge. Clearly, it  could not have been anyone who signed
Hermione's sheet of parchment. <snip>
 
Many have speculated that  the barkeep was Aberforth... <snip>

The Muffin Man:

Maybe in your haste to get this on the boards you may have forgotten this
part later in the book, but if you go to chapter 27 ( The centaur and the
Sneak) page 613 it states who exactly informed Umbridge... to save you the
time I will post it here:

"You will remember, Minister, that I sent you a report back in October that
Potter had met a number of fellow students in the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade--"

"And what is the evidence for that?" cut in Professor Mcgonagall.

    "I have a testimony from Willy Widdershins, Minerva, who happened to be
at the bar at the time. He was heavily bandaged, it is true, but his hearing
was quite un-impaired," said Umbridge smugly. <small snip>

"oh, so THAT'S why he wasn't prosecuted for setting up all those
regurgitating toilets!" said Professor Mcgonagall, raising her eyebrows.
What an interesting insight into our justice system!"

And there you have it...