Trelawney's Disappearance --Theory

[julie]

No: HPFGUIDX 161828

wynnleaf wrote:
> 
> Trelawney wasn't mentioned as being at the funeral, even though she 
got a 
> lot of pages in the book.  Nobody missed her, but that wouldn't be 
> surprising.  They'd all assume she was up in her rooms drinking 
sherry.
> 
> One might think that if the target of the DE's was Trelawney, why 
did Draco 
> get rid of her in the RoR?  Well, he might have been startled and 
not known 
> it was her.  Or he might have just not been ready.  After all, the 
DE's had 
> not yet arrived.
> 
> I'd be interested in hearing other opinions on this theory.
> 
> wynnleaf
> 

Julie:
I can't help thinking that if it was JKR's intention to make
Trelawney's lack of appearance late in the book something
significant, then she would have dropped us a clue or two, 
even if it was something vague. Someone could have mentioned
Trelawney not being at the funeral and speculated that she
was holed up in her tower room drinking sherry. 

I know that's not any kind of concrete evidence, but right
now I can't see a reason for Trelawney's disappearance
not to be noted until Book 7. HBP is a cliff-hanger more
or less, so why not throw this bit into the mix at the end,
add it to the many questions we're pondering while waiting
anxiously for the final chapter of the saga, if it is 
indeed something pertinent to the story?

Julie