Griphooks view of the Sword (Was CHAPDISC: DH25, Shell Cottage)

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 184036

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "montavilla47" 
<montavilla47 at ...> wrote:
>
> Jane
> > Although Harry does not tell him what the trio is after
> > in the vault, Griphook ...it is something with a  value (greater 
>than the sword), 
> > In the vault, and he sees what it is they have come 
> > for, ... and that it doesn't matter what it is they wanted.
> > 
> > ...the further question: Did Griphook expect the trio to die 
> > in the vault? 
> > 
> > I took the handshake to be Griphook's understanding of the
> > human concept of the gesture,

> 
> Montavilla47:
> 
> ...think about it from Griphook's perspective, 
> he acts very ...cleverly .. He persuades his captors that he's 
> willing to help--given the incentive of an valuable item that the 
> Goblins would like back in their possession.
> 
> Then he tells him captors just enough to get them trapped 
> inside the vault.  So clever!  ...
> 
> So, I was rooting for Griphook to grab the sword and run.
>

Aussie again:

Remember, Griphook was a bank employee. When he and Harry made the 
deal, he wasn't looking for poorly disguised guilty expressions from 
Hermione or Ron. He only looked at Harry. And very few Bank 
Employees agree for something so valuable (the Sword) without 
signing ... in triplicate. 

That's why the handshake ment a lot.

I wonder if the Goblins here know the identity of swords the way 
they knew them in LOTR. Maybe Griffyndor's sword was devistating to 
the Goblins in previous wars, and it's capture would make Griphook 
promoted in the eyes of fellow Goblins.

Escaping the vault, Griphook would have had a hard time getting out 
with the sword through all those DE. I think he hid the sword in the 
depths of Gringotts to be retrieved when things cooled down.

I don't think he wanted to harm HRH, but he didn't mind using them 
as a distraction so he could make his escape.

Aussie: (imagining Griphook getting re-employed at Gringotts and 
spending years searching for where he left that darn sword)