Deathly Hallows:Ariana Dumbledore

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 181961

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> a_svirn:
> > I assumed she was, though, when I read the story. I don't see 
what 
> her age has to say to anything, and we are not told what the boys' 
> ages were. What makes me think that she was raped, not just beaten, 
is
> her father's reaction. Why would he pay the price of the lifetime 
> sentence in Azkaban merely because his daughter was badly beaten by 
a
> bunch of small prepubescent boys? There would be other ways to 
punish
> them. I think, if Percival Dumbledore proffered no explanations for
> his actions, it was because he was trying to keep what he must have
> considered damaging information about his daughter secret. 
> 
> >
> Carol responds:
> I think that a father whose child had been, say, hit in the head 
with
> rocks and traumatized, or who had been nearly killed in any way, but
> react just as Percival did. Surely, he would be outraged by *any*
> serious injury to his little daughter (or son)? 

a_svirn:
Yes, he would. But would he want to keep the fact of the said attack 
secret? What for? 
a_svirn.