Marietta

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 169323

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lanval1015" <lanval1015 at ...> wrote:
>
>   > Charles:
> > > And please remember that no matter what Marietta's motivations 
> were,
> > > she knew that she was in effect damning twenty-some odd students.
> > 
> > Pippin:
> > No, she did not. The only information Marietta volunteered was that
> > if Umbridge was in the 7th floor corridor at a certain time she'd 
> hear
> > something to her advantage. 
> 
> Lanval:
> Er, not quite. Scholastic Ed., HB, p.613;
> "...Miss Edgecombe here came to my office shortly after dinner this 
> evening and told me she had something she wanted to tell me. She 
> told me that if I proceeded *to a secret room* on the seventh floor, 
> *sometimes known as the Room of Requirement*, I would *find out* 
> something to my advantage. I questioned her a little further and she 
> admitted that there was to be some kind of meeting there. 
> Unfortunately at that point this hex,"she waved impatiently at 
> Marietta's concealed face, "came into operation and upon catching 
> sight of her face in my mirror the girl became too distressed to 
> tell me any more."  Emphasis mine.

Geoff:
I must agree with Lanval here.

Marietta must have known what the feeling of the majority of the 
students was about Umbridge; even if not from her own experience, 
Cho must surely have expressed concerns in conversation with her. 
So why did Marietta go to Umbridge? To cosy up to her?

Why did she have to report that a meeting was taking place - and 
why was she so coy in revealing what it was or where it was? Knowing 
dear Dolores' track record, she must have realised that if she revealed 
the existence of the DA, Umbridge would be bound to apply some 
sort of serious sanction to members. She could just have refused to 
come any more with Cho and said nothing.

No, I believe that Marietta betrayed the group. Whether Hermione's 
response was the right one is another matter. But Marietta was
certainly asking for some sort of comeback - and got it.