Age, integrity, and the potions textbook

[Ersatz Harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 135154

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hekatesheadband"
<sophiapriskilla at y...> wrote:

> hekatesheadband:
> It's noteworthy that Hermione, conscience and rulebook 
> among lions, never presents it in that way, despite her disapproval 
> of the book for other reasons.

I also note an earlier instance in HBP where Hermione's conscience
*doesn't* seem to bother her too much.  Specifically, she uses a
Confundus spell (do I have the name right?) on Cormac during the
Quidditch tryouts to ensure that Ron becomes Keeper.  Oh, she
justifies her action by saying that Cormac is bad news -- a rare
example of a distasteful Gryffindor, by the way -- but certainly I can
construe what she did as a form of cheating.

Ersatz Harry