Hermione and 'Evil is a strong word' (WAS Re: CHAPDISC: HBP30, The White Tomb)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 165999


> a_svirn:
>
> What intrigues me is whether she is doing it because she wants to 
> believe in Dumbledore's judgement (which, in my opinion, wouldn't be 
> at all smart in her position) or because of something else. 

Pippin:
Perhaps what she has in mind is that she was perfectly sure that
she had seen Snape hexing Harry's broom with her own eyes, and
perfectly sure that no one but Draco Malfoy could be opening the
Chamber of Secrets. Both times she was completely wrong. 

She doesn't seem to have as much confidence in the straightforward
interpretation of events as you do.


Pippin