Another Eavesdropper?

Tammy elsyee_h at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 13 14:32:05 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 121846


inkling wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

Tammy replies:
I always presumed it was the portraits that spread the word. Afterall,
they do seem to be extremely happy to have Dumbledore back at the end
of the book. I think they are there to help the Headmaster, and they
never considered anyone but Dumbledore the headmaster - thus spreading
the word of how awesome Dumbledore's escape was would be helping him.







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