Marietta/Seamus

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 169589

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:

> Hermione tells the not-yet-illegal group, "So if you sign, you're 
> agreeing not to tell Umbridge--*or anybody else*--what we're up to" 

zanooda:

I know it has nothing to do with Marietta, but this line you just 
cited always made me wonder how the boys could avoid telling Seamus 
about the DA. As you say, they agreed not to tell  "anybody else", 
which must include Seamus. 

But Seamus was bound to notice that all his roommates (including his 
best friend) disappear once a week for a couple of hours. Ok, he 
doesn't talk to Harry and maybe even to Ron, but I bet he asked his 
best friend Dean. How could Dean avoid being branded "sneak" without 
offending his friend?  

More than that, Dean *did* tell, at least later in the year, because 
he brought Seamus to the last DA meeting. So he told, but nothing 
happened to him. Maybe "not to tell anybody else"  means  "not to 
tell with treacherous intent" or something?

It's not even a question, more like a general wondering...