the Pensieve

[secca_pk]

No: HPFGUIDX 159831

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, puduhepa98@ 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>
>

Secca adds:

He does this another time that I know of -- In GoF, after the two of 
them have come out of the Pensieve (Harry's first time) -- they sit 
discussing it and Dumbledore uses the same technique to show Harry 
his memory of Bertha Jorkins 'as I remember her at school'

In this scene, it definitely seems that this technique is used for 
expediency, not to hide something from Harry.

No point -- just FYI