Quirrel query

[Alaine M. Kier]

No: HPFGUIDX 129662


> Ginger:
<snip>
> > > Why didn't DD wonder that Quirrel, who had gotten a troll *into
> > > the obsticle course*, later fainted at the prospect of the 
> > > presence of a troll in the dungeons? 
> 
> Katherine:
> > I think perhaps DD was assuming that Quirrell passed out not 
> > because of the troll but because he ran all the way to the Great 
> > Hall from the dungeons and was in not the best of health to begin
> > with.
> 
> Linda:
> Seems to me DD would wonder if Quirrel was so talented with trolls 
> to get one into the obstacle course, why did he run all the way back 
> to the Great Hall to report it?  DD should have been suspicious, if 
> not of his fainting, of the fact that he didn't just do something 
> about it!  <snip>

Alaine:
Hi All - 
I always thought that Quirrel's ability with Trolls was not known at 
large. Like Lockhart's ability with Memory Charms it was advantageous 
to Quirrel to keep it secret and foster his image as "PPPoor 
PPProfessor Quirrel. . ." As the DADA teacher, when asked for his 
imput into an obstacle to guard the stone he could make the 
suggestion of a Troll but then have help from Dumbledore and perhaps 
Hagrid in the actual execution i.e. getting a Troll into the dungeon. 
His then feigned terror at it being loose in Hogwarts would not 
therefore be remarkable. Just my two cents.