Hermione's detailed knowledge of the topography of DD's office - Source?

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No: HPFGUIDX 185481

zanooda wrote:

>When she arrived at 12 GP, she said: "Dumbledore told me what had
happened first thing this morning ...". I believe he called her to his
office to tell her, how else could he do it? 

Joey:

Yeah, that's what I too had imagined when I read those passages. :-)

zanooda wrote:

>Hermione is very attentive to detail, once would be enough for her 
to remember where
everything in his office was. What do you think? Is it plausible 
enough for you :-)?

Joey:

Mmmm... Let me see... :-) If DD had called her to his office, may be 
the significance of sword of Gryffindor made her notice it even as 
she had just entered the room - even before DD started to explain why 
he had called there after which, I suppose, she might not have been 
able to notice much. Yeah, possible, I guess. :-)

Carol wrote:

>It's also possible that the Prefects were summoned there on occasion.

Joey:

Yes, there is a possibility. Since we don't have a day-to-day account 
of what happened and most of it is Harry's POV, it is possible that 
this kind of information is left to the imagination / deduction of 
the reader.

Carol wrote:

>Carol, now wondering whether those portraits included the four
Founders and, if so, whether Rowena Ravenclaw was wearing her diadem
(which should have simplified the whole quest for a Ravenclaw 
Horcrux!)

Joey:

LOL. May be it didn't and hence, all the chaos. Otherwise, at least 
DD would have noticed, given the effort he had put in to determine 
the locations of the horcruxes.

Cheers, 
~Joey :-)