Harry's Patronus and DEs Entering the Ministry

[Kimberly]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Phyllis" > I assumed the DEs > 
Although I wonder what it was that brought Fudge to the Ministry 
> after the Voldemort-Dumbledore duel.  There must have been 
something 
> that triggered his arrival armed with his Aurors – perhaps when a 
> prophecy is removed from a shelf after hours, it triggers some sort 
> of alarm?  Or perhaps whatever the DEs did to neutralize whatever 
> after-hours security existed triggered an alarm?  Dumbledore told 
> Voldemort the Aurors were on the way – how did he know?  Fudge 
seems 
> surprised to see Dumbledore there, so presumably he wasn't acting 
on 
> a tip-off from Dumbledore – given Fudge's distrust of Dumbledore, 
he 
> never would have acted on his advice anyway.  Perhaps Dumbledore 
> tipped him off by disguising himself as someone Fudge would trust?
> 

Didn't Dumbledore send the statues to Fudge & Co. to warn them of 
what was happening?  I can't remember exactly, but I thought a couple 
of them disappeared into the floo network and came back with Fudge.  
Did I imagine that bit?  I'll have to check tonight.

Kimberly