'He tried to do a Memory Charm and the wand backfired,' Ron explained quietly to Dumbledore. 'Dear me,' said Dumbledore, shaking his head, his long silver moustache quivering. 'Impaled upon your own sword, Gilderoy!' (244)
I rather thought that Dumbledore meant that the spell backfired, and instead of the Memory Charm being cast on Harry and Ron as it was intended Lockhart was 'impaled upon his own sword' when the spell backfired. It doesn't necessarily have to imply that Dumbledore knew Lockhart was a fraud, though he doesn't seem to have any real respect for the man either.
For someone who seems prepared to fight the Dark Lord since PS/SS Dumbledore doesn't seem to be any good at picking out teachers who will pass any real DADA knowledge to the students. There's Remua and there evil!Moody out of five years of teachers.
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Date: 2004-11-10 09:24 am (UTC)'Dear me,' said Dumbledore, shaking his head, his long silver moustache quivering. 'Impaled upon your own sword, Gilderoy!' (244)
I rather thought that Dumbledore meant that the spell backfired, and instead of the Memory Charm being cast on Harry and Ron as it was intended Lockhart was 'impaled upon his own sword' when the spell backfired. It doesn't necessarily have to imply that Dumbledore knew Lockhart was a fraud, though he doesn't seem to have any real respect for the man either.
For someone who seems prepared to fight the Dark Lord since PS/SS Dumbledore doesn't seem to be any good at picking out teachers who will pass any real DADA knowledge to the students. There's Remua and there evil!Moody out of five years of teachers.