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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