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[Ceridwen]

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houyhnhnm: 
> > And what was he doing on the train in the first place?  It's a 
> strange
> > way for a fully qualified wizard to travel.  Maybe he was too 
poor to
> > own a broom, but why not apparate or travel by floo?
> 
> 
Jen:
> Dumbledore. Asked him to ride knowing he could deal with a 
> dementor if there was any trouble. That's not actually canon but it 
> seems like it could be. :)

Ceridwen:
I think it *might* be customary for a new teacher to ride the train.  
Lupin does it in PoA, and Slughorn does it in HBP.  Harry doesn't 
notice Quirrel on the train so he may have gone straight to the 
castle (wasn't he a teacher there before his year off?), Lockhart 
probably wouldn't have been caught dead on it (too common, no grand 
entrance), and Umbridge would have seen herself as too much above 
riding with the students.  But, Lupin is not the only new instructor 
we see on the train.

Ceridwen.