Why should Harry be expected to listen to anyone at H...

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 123356


KathyK wrote:
> 
> <snip> My brain's a little fuzzy on the details but I had to 
> wonder why Lockhart would bother with a memory charm if he were 
> going to just leave Harry and Ron to die.  So I double-checked CoS.  
>
> Lockhart says, US paperback p. 303: 
> "I shall take a bit of this skin back up to the school, tell them I 
> was too late to save the girl, and that you two *tragically* lost 
> your minds at the sight of her mangled body--say good-bye to your 
> memories!"
> 
><snip>  
> Lockhart leaving the boys to die in the Chamber makes no sense when 
> you look at his plan.  If he wanted them dead he would just leave 
> them there and not breathe a word about the Chamber to anyone else.  
> But good ol' cowardly yet opportunistic Lockhart will not let pass 
> the chance for more glory.  He wants everyone to know *he'd* found 
> the Chamber of Secrets and taken on the basilisk.  <snip>
> 
> Yeah, so I don't think Lockhart meant to kill Harry at all. 
> 
> KathyK

Carol responds:

He was, however, perfectly willing to let Ginny die. I like St.
Mungo's Lockhart a lot better. "I didn't learn closed up writing for
nothing, you know!"

Carol, hoping she didn't undersnip