Good point. I’m sticking to B, Quirrell was telling Harry he’d pass it to him on the downlow. Note that he didn’t say that the book would be labeled “Memory Charms,” just that it would be filed under M.
B was my thought—or at least I’d definitely check if I were Harry. But checking every book in the section seems time-consuming and suspicious. I think we should assume there is in fact a standard book on Memory Charms there. Doesn’t mean it contains a single truthful word.
In canon, Hermione casts Obliviate in her 7th year (presumably without consulting a restricted text from the Department of Mysteries), so the widely available book may actually have enough information for an intelligent reader to learn how to cast it.
Good point. I’m sticking to B, Quirrell was telling Harry he’d pass it to him on the downlow. Note that he didn’t say that the book would be labeled “Memory Charms,” just that it would be filed under M.
Magick Moste Evile? (This is an in-universe book from canon, in case anyone forgot.)
B was my thought—or at least I’d definitely check if I were Harry. But checking every book in the section seems time-consuming and suspicious. I think we should assume there is in fact a standard book on Memory Charms there. Doesn’t mean it contains a single truthful word.
Even if truthful, it may not actually say how to cast.
In canon, Hermione casts Obliviate in her 7th year (presumably without consulting a restricted text from the Department of Mysteries), so the widely available book may actually have enough information for an intelligent reader to learn how to cast it.