Cabinet FIRST! One last time. (Long--sorry!)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 157781

> >>Carol:
> <snip>
> Narcissa *assumes* ("Then I'm right!") that Voldemort is punishing
> Lucius by giving Draco an assignment that, in her view, is doomed 
> to fail, but she doesn't know about the Vanishing Cabinet, either.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
But here's the thing: Who *does* know about the cabinet at this 
time?  Seriously, as per canon, does anyone, including Draco have 
any idea about using the cabinets?

Because again, there is *no* canon suggesting that this plan has 
occured to Draco yet.  And there's massive canon to suggest that it 
hasn't.  Certainly canon weighs very heavily *against* Voldemort 
being aware of this plan even if Draco has thought of it already.

I've brought it up before, and it's been routinely ignored, but if 
Voldemort was aware of the cabinets (heck if Draco had thought this 
idea up) *why* would he wait so long, why would Voldemort allow him 
to wait so long to confirm that the other cabinet is available and 
the cabinet in Hogwarts is even fixable?

Frankly, (to run with Sydney's still-life analogy <g>) it's like 
you're arguing for an invisible fig in a bowl of fruit that ripen at 
a totally different season.

Betsy Hp