Eavesdropper in Hog's Head/someone in the Weasley-shed?

[Gonca Izmirli]

No: HPFGUIDX 139794


finwitch wrote:
 >and why
 >would he say the shed was *smelly and spidery* - which isn't very nice
 >thing to say - UNLESS he was giving a clue that he was er - 'treating
 >truth with great caution'?



When I was reading the above quote, I remembered that Harry also thought 
of a "great swollen spider" after meeting Slughorn for the first time. 
Dumbledore explains HP the favorites system of Slughorn, then HP has 
"...a sudden mental image of a great swollen spider, spinning a web 
around it, twithcing a tread here and there...". May be Slughorn is the 
spider and he is the third person who knows the whole prophecy. But I 
cannot think how he possibly can. Maybe there is more to Slughorn...

Also, I find it very interesting that, in HPB, Harry seems to see quite 
a few things in his "mind's eye" like the spider web above. It reminded 
me of what Snape said the first occlumency lesson about mind not being a 
book to be read but being a multilayered thing. In HBP, Harry's thoughts 
seem to be more visual. This led me to think that, maybe Dumbledore had 
an other purpose when he was showing scenes from LV's life to HP and not 
just telling him verbally. I don't know if I'm pushing this idea too far 
but; LV is a good legimens, if LV enters HP's mind and watches his own 
memories, I think it might weaken his defenses. So, maybe, DD was giving 
Harry a very powerful weapon by showing those memories besides giving 
him clues about the horcruxes.

Gonca