Vanishing Cabinet/Flint?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 133887

> Am I to believe that Montague Apparated into the shop, and
> then in his near-dead state went back to Hogwarts, hid in a
> toilet, and pretended not to remember how he got there--just
> to conceal the passage to Borgin's?  This seems overly
> elaborate to me and makes me wonder whether this is a Flint.
>
> Kelly L.


Vivamus said:

"I assume that when he was in the Vanishing Cabinet, he wasn't actually IN
Hogwarts, so the anti-apparation spell wouldn't have applied.  He could
apparate out of the cabinet.  Since he wasn't actually OUTSIDE Hogwarts,
either, he could in fact apparate from inside the vanished cabinet to inside
Hogwarts, bypassing the protection.  This is supported by the link made
between the two cabinets once the one that Peeves smashed was repaired.  So
he apparated out of the cabinet into the toilet, where he got stuck and
nearly died (drowned?)."


How?  They had to remove the protection from the great hall just so the
students could apparate from spot to spot within the room.  You simply - as
we have been told over and over by Hermione and Snape - cannot
apparate/disapparate within Hogwarts.  Whether Montague was in the cabinet
within Hogwarts he still could not have apparated out of it because one
*cannot* apparate/disapparate within the castle.  "As you may know, it is
usually impossible to Aparate or Disapparate within Hogwarts.  The Heamaster
has lifted this enchantment, purely within the Great Hall, for one hour, so
as to enable you to practice." HBP 359 (Canadian version)

CathyD
aka - I forget what I used to call myself on here... ;)