I agree that you could read it like that, but I’d have thought that if it was something immediate like that, we’d have seen Harry realize and acknowledge it to himself. There doesn’t seem much point in leaving it a bit mysterious if that’s all it meant.
There’s an abrupt scene change, after which Harry is sitting in McGonagall’s office. Now, his conversation with McGonagall is evidence for Harry being dim about that question (which is not that unlikely) or it being foreshadowing, possibly for this (which is not that unlikely). (McGonagall would also have to not point out “hey, maybe it was that you forgot my rule”, which makes the first somewhat less likely.)
I agree that you could read it like that, but I’d have thought that if it was something immediate like that, we’d have seen Harry realize and acknowledge it to himself. There doesn’t seem much point in leaving it a bit mysterious if that’s all it meant.
There’s an abrupt scene change, after which Harry is sitting in McGonagall’s office. Now, his conversation with McGonagall is evidence for Harry being dim about that question (which is not that unlikely) or it being foreshadowing, possibly for this (which is not that unlikely). (McGonagall would also have to not point out “hey, maybe it was that you forgot my rule”, which makes the first somewhat less likely.)