Family and Other Loyalty

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 177822

Magpie:
> Or Umbridge could have gotten in touch with Marietta's mother. If she 
> knows everybody who works at the Ministry who has kids at Hogwarts, 
the 
> word could easily be putting pressure on people there. Marietta's 
> mother could have made that clear to Marietta, making Marietta go to 
> Umbridge or whatever.

Ceridwen:
Earlier on, Percy, who is known in the books for being a suck-up to the 
Ministry, writes a letter to Ron, telling him to stay away from Harry 
and cooperate with that lovely Dolores Umbridge.  Umbridge has the 
Ministry's support.  I don't see why Marietta's mother couldn't have 
also written to her, or even continued to write to her along the same 
lines as Percy's one letter.  Would Ron have thrown the same letter 
into the fireplace so easily if Arthur had written it?  Would he have 
wavered if he got similar letters occasionally from Arthur through the 
year?

Ceridwen.