the Pensieve

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 159821

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, puduhepa98 at ... wrote:

> Nikkalmati:
>  
> This is a minor point, but I think the Pensieve itself is     
> empty.The memories are returned to the owner's head or little 
> storage bottles, after they are viewed. I don't think anything    
> is stored in the Pensieve. It is just a magical container.

Mike:
Add "for viewing memories" to your last sentence :-)

A thought occurred to me while pondering the Hog's 
Head "eavesdropping" scene vs. what DD showed of it
to Harry. Every other Pensieve memory (including the 
diary memory) Harry visited by diving in to view the 
whole memory. Of course, DD did not want Harry to view 
the *whole* HH scene so he swirls the Pensieve and Sibyll
rises up and rotates about while prophesying.<g>

Then it occurred to me that DD did this one other time, 
when he showed Harry the Burke memory about buying the
locket from Merope. Was this just for expediency, or was
DD hiding something from Harry on *that* memory too?

Mike, who can't see where this might lead but, 
nevertheless, still passing it along <wink to Steve>