Amelia Bones isn’t a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Emmeline wasn’t a member of the Order of the Phoenix any more, they had disbanded after the end of the last war. And during the war, she’d known, they’d all known, that Director Crouch had quietly approved of their off-the-books battle.
Director Bones wasn’t Crouch.
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“That depends,” Amelia said in a hard voice. “Are you here to help us catch criminals, or to protect them from the consequences of their actions?” Are you going to try to stop the killer of my brother from getting her well-deserved Kiss, old meddler? From what Amelia heard, Dumbledore had gotten smarter toward the end of the war, mostly due to Mad-Eye’s nonstop nagging; but had relapsed into his foolish mercies the instant Voldemort’s body was found.
One wonders why she would even know about it at all, if she had nothing to do with it.
Well, I think Lucius probably made sure a long time ago that everyone knew what Dumbledore (supposedly) said to him. I didn’t get the feeling from that scene in the Wizengamot that Dumbledore-killing-Narcissa was any kind of a secret idea that people were just then finding out about.
This does rather change my view of some of the peripheral details, though. Previously, one possibility I pictured was Dumbledore restraining Amelia from her vengeance until Aberforth died, then relenting. I knew Amelia Bones wasn’t in the OotP, and I knew she felt distaste at Dumbledore’s softness, but somehow I never completely drew the conclusion that she wouldn’t care one whit about what Dumbledore said or thought, and therefore probably wouldn’t have cared if he had tried to restrain her.
Perhaps more likely, then, is the other way I pictured it: that Amelia couldn’t get to Narcissa by herself, and after Aberforth’s death, Dumbledore actively approached Amelia and said “Okay, I’m ready to help. I’ll be the ward-breaker, you do the deed.”
Amelia Bones isn’t a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
One wonders why she would even know about it at all, if she had nothing to do with it.
Well, I think Lucius probably made sure a long time ago that everyone knew what Dumbledore (supposedly) said to him. I didn’t get the feeling from that scene in the Wizengamot that Dumbledore-killing-Narcissa was any kind of a secret idea that people were just then finding out about.
This does rather change my view of some of the peripheral details, though. Previously, one possibility I pictured was Dumbledore restraining Amelia from her vengeance until Aberforth died, then relenting. I knew Amelia Bones wasn’t in the OotP, and I knew she felt distaste at Dumbledore’s softness, but somehow I never completely drew the conclusion that she wouldn’t care one whit about what Dumbledore said or thought, and therefore probably wouldn’t have cared if he had tried to restrain her.
Perhaps more likely, then, is the other way I pictured it: that Amelia couldn’t get to Narcissa by herself, and after Aberforth’s death, Dumbledore actively approached Amelia and said “Okay, I’m ready to help. I’ll be the ward-breaker, you do the deed.”
Whoops, looks like you’re right, the accusation was public knowledge: