It’s possible that H&C never did figure out an effective lever. In that case, he might have given up on Memory Charming her (requires the target’s defenses to be lowered, at least in the case of an experienced Auror and possibly for a very pissed off first year) and just oblivated her. If he’d managed to memory charm her, I don’t think she’d have been so freaked out. She also wouldn’t have ‘lost track of time’, she’d have had a perfectly reasonable legitimate excuse put in place.
Also, have we seen Quirrell use Legilimancy at all? If we have, that’s an argument for H&C not being Quirrell, because if you’ve thoroughly read someone’s mind you it shouldn’t take that many tries for a groundhog day attack.
It’s possible that H&C never did figure out an effective lever. In that case, he might have given up on Memory Charming her (requires the target’s defenses to be lowered, at least in the case of an experienced Auror and possibly for a very pissed off first year) and just oblivated her. If he’d managed to memory charm her, I don’t think she’d have been so freaked out. She also wouldn’t have ‘lost track of time’, she’d have had a perfectly reasonable legitimate excuse put in place.
Also, have we seen Quirrell use Legilimancy at all? If we have, that’s an argument for H&C not being Quirrell, because if you’ve thoroughly read someone’s mind you it shouldn’t take that many tries for a groundhog day attack.