*delurk and imperius curse*

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 5969

> >
> > There's an interesting little one-sentence snippet in GoF(it's
> > possible that you've all brought this up before, but i haven't 
seen
> > it) where the Imperius curse is put on Harry by Voldemort: "And 
Harry
> > felt, for the third time in his life" the effects of the Imperius
> > curse. my question was--why the third? We know it happened once
> > before, with Moody (and it is mentioned that Moody put the curse 
on
> > him several more times, but presumably Harry is no longer so
> > susceptible to it after the first.) I just thought it was a bit
> > strange, and wondered if anyone had some opinions on it...or if
> > you've already gone over this several times.
> 

Response from CMC:
> See Chap. 33 (p. 652-53 of the American edition), where Voldemort is
> reminiscing over his murder of James and Lily - Voldemort tried to 
kill Harry,> presumably with a Kedrava curse.  But Lily provided 
Harry with an as-yet undescribed protection ("old magic" Voldy 
describes - presumably not "that old black magic" of the popular 
song) which deflected the curse back on him.
> The only effect Harry suffered was the scar on his forehead.
> 
>     - CMC


My comment: I must be missing something here. The first poster 
suggested that Harry was subjected to the Imperius curse "three" times
and wonders what the three times were....the response is about the 
Abracadabra curse --- something different...??

Susan