PoA chapter 20 - 22 post DH look

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 181644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
 
> "What amazes me the most is the behavior of the Dementors
 you've 
> really no idea what made them retreat, Snape? " – p.387
 
> Alla:

> Huh? Patronus is a novel idea for Fudge?


zanooda:

I think Fudge knows about Patronuses, of course, he just doesn't know 
that there was someone on the grounds at that time to conjure one. 
Harry, Hermione and Sirius were all unconscious, Ron and Snape were 
at some distance from the lake and also unconscious - Snape admits 
that when he came to the Dementors were already retreating. 

That's what Fudge means, IMO - he knows there are means to chase away 
the Dementors, but there was no one there to do it, so he is puzzled 
by their behaviour. He doesn't know about back-in-time Harry, of 
course. I am more intrigued by the fact that Fidge mentions that the 
Dementors attempted to Kiss Harry (p.421). How can he know that? 
Everyone around was unconscious when it happened, and Harry himself 
didn't say anything.