Another Eavesdropper?

[inkling108]

No: HPFGUIDX 121844


The thread about the eavesdropper who was ejected during the first 
prophecy reminds me of another OotP passage where there seems to be 
an eavesdropper.  In Chapter 27, The Centaur and the Sneak, when 
Dumbledore makes his getaway by stunning all the ministry flunkies, 
Harry hears:

"There was a shriek and a thud and someone cried "NO!"  Then the 
sound of breaking glass, frantically scuffling footsteps, a groan 
and -- silence."

later on,

"The notices (posted by Umbridge)...did not explain how every single 
person within the castle seemed to know that Dumbledore had overcome 
two Aurors, the High Inquisitor, the Minister of Magic and his 
Junior Assistant to escape...It was surprising how accurate...their 
information was.  Everyone seemed aware, for instance, that Harry 
and Marietta were the only students to have witnessed the scene in 
Dumbledore's office, and as Marietta was now in the hospital wing, 
Harry found himself beseiged with requests..."

Marietta doesn't seem in a postion to inform anyone, and Harry 
didn't do so, so unless McGonagall ran around spreading the word
(which seems out of character) someone other than the people we know 
were in the room heard everything and lost no time telling the whole 
castle.  Who might that have been?

Inkling