Has any kind of betting pool been established on, say, what chapter it'll be when Hermione finally decides that in order to get good information on the mysterious Professor Sangnoir, she's going to have to snoop in his quarters? I'm snickering to imagine what sorts of reactions she'll have to some of the photographs in his collection. I for one don't have a good enough feel for the pacing, yet, to make an educated guess ... and you indicated in the first post of this thread that we're going for at least 13 chapters.
Why, no; I don't think she'll be able to restrain herself from snooping. I'm getting a very definite feeling from this story (and it doesn't strike me as contradicting anything in the books) that young Ms. Granger feels secrets are something she and her closest friends can keep -- as long as they don't try to keep things from her, of course -- but no one else is entitled to have secrets, at least not of anything she wants to know. Actually, in that respect she reminds me somewhat of Amelia Peabody Emerson....
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
Why, no; I don't think she'll be able to restrain herself from snooping. I'm getting a very definite feeling from this story (and it doesn't strike me as contradicting anything in the books) that young Ms. Granger feels secrets are something she and her closest friends can keep -- as long as they don't try to keep things from her, of course -- but no one else is entitled to have secrets, at least not of anything she wants to know. Actually, in that respect she reminds me somewhat of Amelia Peabody Emerson....
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.