CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 5: The Dementor

[AmanitaMuscaria]

No: HPFGUIDX 189510



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
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> Mike
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> Here's some of my questions: 
> In light of Dumbledore's speech at the end of the chapter, who authorized the Dementors' search of the Hogwarts Express? The driver obviously stopped for them, so it must have been set up in advance, wasn't it? What do you think of this decision?
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AmanitaM now - I wondered whether the Dementors had stopped the train, rather than that it was an arranged raid - that Lupin goes to see the train driver could work either way. I thought he might be checking on whether the driver was able to continue, at the time, but it may have been to ask if he knew who'd set the raid up. Dolores may already be around, and it does see to be her style ...