[HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs Figg

[Kelly Shiflet]

No: HPFGUIDX 24484

>Certainly makes her an interesting character, though, doesn't it.
>Squib, living for years among Muggles to protect Harry...so what's up
>with the cats then?
>
>Steve Vander Ark
Actually, I think that's a good question.... Simply because, well, Filch has 
a cat; Mrs.Norris. And those two are practically joined at the hip, and they 
seem to understand each other. So, I guess the question is: What is with 
Squibs and their cats?

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>From: "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at bccs.org>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs Figg
>Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:57:47 -0000
>
>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
><catlady at w...> wrote:
> > I found it! Post 1429 from Thu Sep 14, 2000, from Blaise:
> >
> > On another egroup that I belong to (hpslash), someone who was at
>the
> > Edinburgh Book Festival posted a message about some of the things
>JKR
> > said about the books, and I thought you might be rather
>interested...
>
>Unfortunately, this is second hand and therefore I can't consider it
>to be canon for Lexicon purposes. I know that sounds harsh, but there
>are an awful lot of things flying around that someone said JKR said.
>This one sounds fairly reliable, but I wouldn't dare put it on the
>Arabella Figg page.
>
>Anyone have a transcript of that speech/interview?
>

>The Harry Potter Lexicon
>http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon
>


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