Harry's instincts (was Re: CHAPDISC: DH 22, The Deathly Hallows)

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183219

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
 
> > hp_fan_2008:
 
> > Actually, I think that as long as Kreacher belonged to Sirius, 
> > Harry had no chance of getting the locket - so, in fact, Harry's 
> > instinct was correct (although for the  wrong reason).
 
> Carol responds:

> I'm sorry. I don't see the connection. 


zanooda:

I can't be sure, but it seems to me this means that, to find out about
the locket, Harry needed to own Kreacher, and for Harry to own
Kreacher, Sirius needed to die - something of the sort. Sorry if I'm
wrong, hp-fan :-)! It seems to me though that Harry didn't need to be
Kreacher's master to find out about the locket. Couldn't they
interrogate Kreacher anyway? Sirius could have ordered him to answer.
I wonder what would be different in DH, if Sirius was alive ...


 
> Carol responds:

> With the exception of Dobby's death, the consequences of Harry's 
> saying Voldemort work out to Harry's advantage. 


zanooda:

Maybe a little off the topic, but I wanted to add one more "if" to the
list of other "ifs" leading to the discovery of the cup Horcrux (*if*
Harry didn't say LV's name, *if* the Snatchers took the captives to
the Ministry instead of the Malfoys', *if* Bellatrix didn't notice the
sword etc.). It's about Hermione and the sword - she usually kept it
in her magic bag, but that evening she took it out to polish it ("just
for something to do"), that's why the Snatchers found it in the tent.
So, *if* Hermione had something else to do that evening and the sword
was still in the bag as always, it wouldn't be found by the Snatchers,
Bella wouldn't see it and Harry wouldn't guess that the cup was at
Gringotts :-).