Three Broomsticks Eavesdropper

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 139705

daychele:

> This is my first post and probably someone has already answered my 
> question, but...in OoTP DD says of the eavesdropper that "My--our--one 
> stroke of good fortune was that the eavesdropper was detected only a 
> short way into the prophecy and thrown from the building."  In HBP, 
> Trelawney describes the commotion outside the door regarding the same 
> incident, "there was that rather uncouth barman standing with 
> Snape,..."  According to DD, Snape was the one who gave the 
> information about the prophecy to LV, who is the barman and what is 
> his role, if any, or did I just miss it in one of the books?  Maybe 
> it's a totally moot, undeveloped observation...But does it go anywhere?

houyhnhnm:

What bugs me about this piece of information is not the identity of
the barman.  Although maybe it would if I thought about it long
enough--the ramifications that is; I know it's Aberforth.

What I want to know is this:  If Snape was thrown out *only a short
way* into the prophecy how does Trelawney know he was there that
night?  Did she come out of her trance just long enough to register
the commotion at the door, and then go back into it?