Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Chapter Twenty-Seven:
The Centaur and the Sneak

Synopsis by Maureen Knight
Notes and links by Steve Vander Ark and Michele L. Worley

U.S. hardcover edition: pages 599 - 623
U.K. hardcover edition: pages aaa - bbb
U.K. paperback edition: pages aaa - bbb
Timeframe: 10 March - a Monday in April, 1996 [Y16]

In which Harry and his classmates have their first Divination lesson with Firenze, Marietta Edgecombe tells Umbridge of the D.A.'s meeting but suffers the effects of Hermione's jinx, Dobby warns Harry that the D.A. has been found out, and Harry denies the meetings to Fudge and Umbridge.  Kingsley Shacklebolt modifies Marietta's memory, and Dumbledore takes the blame and leaves Hogwarts.

Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:

Still to come....

Characters introduced in this chapter:

• Dawlish

• Fortescue

Characters returning in this chapter:

• Brown, Lavender

• Chang, Cho

• Dobby

• Dumbledore, Albus

• Edgecombe, Marietta

• Fawkes

• Finnigan, Seamus

• Firenze

• Fudge, Cornelius

• Granger, Hermione

• Hagrid, Rubeus

• Longbottom, Neville

• Malfoy, Draco

• McGonagall, Minerva

• Nigellus, Phineas

• Patil, Parvati

• Potter, Harry

• Shacklebolt, Kingsley

• Thomas, Dean

• Umbridge, Dolores

• Weasley, Percy

• Weasley, Ron

Characters mentioned in this chapter:

• Abbott, Hannah

• Bane

• Edgecombe, Madam

• Malfoy, Lucius

• Merlin

• Parkinson, Pansy

• Pomfrey, Poppy

• Snape, Severus

• Sprout, Professor

• Trelawney, Sybill

• Weasley, Molly

• Widdershins, Willy

Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:

• classroom eleven

• Dumbledore's Office

• Great Hall, the

• Hagrid's Hut

• Room of Requirement

Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:

• Azkaban

• boys' bathroom

• Entrance Hall

• Forbidden Forest

• Gryffindor Tower

• Hog's Head Tavern

• Hogsmeade

• Kitchen

• Library

• Ministry of Magic Headquarters

• North Tower

• number twelve, Grimmauld Place

• Owlery

Exceptional character moments:

• Still to come....

Spells:

• Apparition

• Calming Draught

• Memory Charm

• Occlumency

• Patronus

• Trip Jinx

• the hex Hermione placed on the D.A. parchment (and counterjinx)

• "A streak of silver light flashed around the room. There was a bang like a gunshot, and the floor trembled."

Links and Resources:

• Aurors

• Bestiary

  • boggart

  • centaur

  • Dementor

  • thestral

• D.A., the

• Divination

• essays

  • Divination: Two Approaches

  • Fawkes and Gryffindor

  • N.E.W.T.s and O.W.L.s

• house points: OP

• Educational Decrees

• passwords

Memorable lines:

• "There's things more importan' than keepin' a job" [Hagrid]

• Fudge turned back to Dumbledore.  "You will now be escorted back to the Ministry, where you will be formally charged and then sent to Azkaban to await trial!" "Ah," said Dumbledore gently, "yes. Yes, I thought we might hit that little snag." "Snag?" said Fudge, his voice still vibrating with joy. "I see no snag, Dumbledore!" "Well," said Dumbledore apologetically, "I'm afraid I do."

• "You seem to be laboring under the delusion that I am going to - what is the phrase? 'Come quietly.' I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course - but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a whole host of things I would rather be doing."

• "So," sneered Fudge, recovering himself, "you intend to take on Dawlish, Shacklebolt, Dolores, and myself single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?" "Merlin's beard, no," said Dumbledore, smiling. "Not unless you are foolish enough to force me to."

• "You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts... but you cannot deny he's got style." [Phineas]

Strictly British:

• blimey

• sacking

Timelines/Calendar:

Since the previous chapter ends on Monday, March 8, this chapter begins "a few days" later, and Harry had Occlumency that evening (which he has only on Mondays and Wednesdays), we can guess that this is Wednesday, March 10. Unfortunately, all we know about the end of the chapter is that it happens in April and that it's a Monday (because it's a weekday, and Harry has Occlumency two nights later).