How I *MIS*-read HP books

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183886

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:

> You'd think I'd learn my lesson and not challenge zanooda's 
> knowledge. 


zanooda:

Please, Mike, continue challenging me! I insist! I know DH really 
well, but the rest of the books - not so much, and I can easily make 
a mistake, especially without checking the book, like in this case 
(thank you for the quotes, Carol :-)). 

I was sure who Yaxley was, but maybe you are right about Avery - I 
think the book doesn't say that he worked at the Ministry (I can't 
remember it now, anyway), although I always assumed that he did, and 
I'll tell you why. 

Remember Harry's dream in OotP, where LV punishes Avery for giving 
him the wrong information about the DoM (p.584-585)? Avery assured LV 
that Bode would be able to take the Prophecy. Then Rookwood, who used 
to work at the DoM, escaped from Azkaban and rejoined LV, and he 
informed his master that only Harry and LV himself could remove the 
Prophecy.

This whole conversation sounded to me as if Avery also worked at the 
Ministry, only not in DoM, but I can't remember this ever being 
stated directly. See, and you say I can't make a mistake :-)! 
Besides, Avery was arrested at the MoM together with Lucius and 
others (right, Carol?) and he couldn't work at the Ministry after 
that. So Alla obviously meant someone else who worked there, not 
Avery, but I can't think of anyone.