HBP chapters 21-23 post DH look

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 184402

Alla wrote:
>  
> > "He, Harry, had had too much experience of trying to wheedle
information out of reluctant people not to recognize a master at
work." - p.497>  
> 
> > Blink. Really? I thought this was Harry's first experience of the
 kind.
 
> zanooda:
 
> Maybe JKR means the time in PS/SS, when the Trio tried to wheedle
information about Nicolas Flamel and the philosopher's stone from
Hagrid, LOL!

Carol adds:

Good example. Harry has certainly tried to obtain information from
various people--Dumbledore, for example--but I don't recall his using
wheedling as a strategy. (It wouldn't work with DD, in any case.) And
he didn't wheedle Lupin when he was trying to find out who the HBP was
or Lupin and Sirius Black when he was trying to find out about his
father's behavior in SWM. The only time I can think of when Harry
comes close to wheedling someone other than Hagrid (who usually gives
in, as he does regarding the Giants in OoP) is when Harry wanted first
Fudge and then McGonagall to sign his Hogsmeade form in PoA, but
that's not seeking information. Does asking Winky about Mr. Crouch in
GoF count? She was more than reluctant ("You is nosing, you is!"), but
I don't recall any wheedling. Would trying to get information on
school subjects from Hermione by flattering her count as wheedling, or
is it only Ron who does that? What about asking NHN about death?

Carol, whose reaction to the quoted line was identical to Alla's