More PS/SS quotes and musings./Hermione, Snape and others

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 154093

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
>  I also just realised something else - isn't Remus reading the book
> in the Pensieve scene, outside?

Leah:
We don't have any idea what book Remus is reading during the 
Pensieve scene. It could be a text book, particularly as it's exam 
time, which Remus would presumably have bought himself at Flourish & 
Blotts. It could be Remus' own book from home.  Or it could be a 
library book. But since these are the Marauders, and they're fairly 
relaxed about rules, this doesn't necessarily demonstrate that 
library books are actually allowed outside. We're also looking back 
at the past, and rules change.

The library also seems to be much more a reference/study tool for 
the students, rather than an outlet for leisure reading.  Many of 
the books we see are old.  So it would not be unbearably surprising 
if the rule existed.  However....:
  
> 
> > Joe:
> > Hermione makes it her business to know the rules of Hogwarts and 
> if it 
> > had been an existing rule she would have happily corrected Harry 
> when 
> > he said, "He just made that rule up." She didn't disagree so I'm 
> > convinced Snape made it up, too. Just my $0.02.
> 

Leah:

....I am actually inclined to agree with the above.  Snape just made 
that rule up.  However, if we look at the context, the trio were 
huddling round a fire which Hermione had conjured up.: 

"Hermione had become a bit more relaxed about breaking rules since 
Harry and Ron had saved her..she had conjured them up a bright blue 
fire..Harry, Ron and Hermione moved closer together to block the 
fire from view;they were sure it wouldn't be allowed.  Unfortunately 
something about their guilty faces caught Snape's eye...He hadn't 
seen the fire but he seemed to be looking for a reason to tell them 
off anyway". (PS133-4)

We don't actually know the fire breaks school rules, but JKR heavily 
implies it by the first sentence I've quoted. Snape clearly knows 
something is up and deducts the points.  If the fire is breaking the 
rules, then the points would have gone anyway.  Not wholly fair, but 
not wholly unfair either.

Leah