Another Eavesdropper?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 121860


Annemehr:

Hey, man, this part was me:

> >   How did McGonagall keep Harry,
> > > Marietta, and herself out of the way of two spells that took care 
> > of
> > > everything and everyone else in the room?

and Inkling:
> > Maybe McGonagall is familiar enough with Dumbledore's repetoire of 
> > hexes that she knows how to deflect them?

and Annemehr again:
> > (snip)
> > > Here's another question: McGonagall had kept Marietta out of 
> harm's
> > > way, and then afterward McGonagall is described as "getting up and
> > > dragging Harry and Marietta with her."  So, is Marietta still
> > > conscious or not? I can't see McGonagall lifting an unconscious 
> > girl
> > > one-handed.  Yet, just after this, Dumbledore talks freely about
> > > having to hex Kingsley, Kingsley's Memory charm on Marietta, and 
> > how
> > > they must keep it a secret that they have had a few minutes to
> > > communicate before Dumbledore leaves -- not something I'd expect 
> > him
> > > to say in front of Marietta, even if she is afraid to talk now.


> Geoff:
> The interesting point here is, /did/ Professor McGonagall manage to 
> keep Marietta totally out of harm's way?
> 
> Consider the beginning of the next chapter....
> 
> "Everybody knew, 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 besieged 
> with requests to give a first-hand account." (OOTP "Snape's Worst 
> Memory" p,550 UK edition)
> 
> Why was she still in the hospital? If it was only a modified memory 
> she was suffering from, maybe a quick check with Madam Pomfrey and a 
> good night's sleep would have sufficed. Was it more than that?
> 
> Good grief, I'm becoming a conspiracy theorist. Help, let me out....
> 
> Geoff

Annemehr again:

I just assumed Madam Pomfrey kept her for a long time trying to get
rid of that nasty case of spots she had.  She never managed to, anyway
-- later on, Marietta is seen to be going around wearing a balaclava.

<evil grin>
Let you out?  It's quite simple, really.  The only foolproof way to
prevent turning into a conspiracy theorist is to swear off these books
entirely.  Go read some nice, normal mystery books or something.
Christie, or Sayers perhaps. Conan Doyle. In the end, they explain
everything to you all nice and neat and tied up in a bow.

Annemehr