In the book the Ron & Hermione go to sleep thing happens off-screen---they are called away, just as in the movie, and Harry doesn't get to see them next morning until he figures out it's Ron that's been "taken from him." That said, the first thing Ron says to him in the book after they get out of the water is to tell him off for staying there waiting for the other champions to also get there and take their hostages to safety: Something to the effect of "you idiot, did you really think Dumbledore would let us drown?" So I think the hostages were told what they were getting into and given reassurances, but the champions weren't.
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Date: 2005-12-05 12:06 am (UTC)In the book the Ron & Hermione go to sleep thing happens off-screen---they are called away, just as in the movie, and Harry doesn't get to see them next morning until he figures out it's Ron that's been "taken from him." That said, the first thing Ron says to him in the book after they get out of the water is to tell him off for staying there waiting for the other champions to also get there and take their hostages to safety: Something to the effect of "you idiot, did you really think Dumbledore would let us drown?" So I think the hostages were told what they were getting into and given reassurances, but the champions weren't.