Voldy and Nagini conversing

[blpurdom]

No: HPFGUIDX 31837

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "rmatovic" <rmatovic at s...> wrote:
> 
> Barb wrote:
> 
> > I don't recall any instances where it seems Voldemort is having 
> > what you'd call a conversation with Nagini (as in both of them 
> > talking).  There are plenty of times when Voldemort is giving 
> > orders to or talking to the snake, but it all seems rather one-
> > sided.  
> 
> At the beginning of GOF when Nagini comes into the room and tells 
> V about the old man in the corridor, that's a conversation
> 
> > What is not clear is whether Wormtail 
> > understands what Voldemort is saying to the snake; 

Thanks for finding that.  Looking at it now, I find that the 
previous assumption many of us have had that Harry is seeing all of 
this in his dream because of his scar may be a bit off; when Frank 
Bryce is in the corridor listening to Voldemort and Wormtail, and 
Nagini comes upon him it is all from Bryce's perspective.  This is 
why we have this passage: "...it was following the spitting, hissing 
noises made by the cold voice beyond the door....Inside the room, 
the cold voice was continuing to hiss..."  This is what Parseltongue 
would sound like to Bryce.
 
> My impression from that same exchange is that V recounts the 
> conversation to Wormtail -- Nagini tells V (and it's not written 
> but I imagine V acknowledging or probing for some more details in 
> parseltongue) then V turns around and explains the entirety of the 
> conversation to Wormtail.

This is true; this is necessary for us to know that Frank Bryce 
knows what's being said.  In fact, this portion is from Bryce's POV 
until the last two sentences of the chapter which are: "He was dead 
before he hit the floor. [par] Two hundred miles away, the boy 
called Harry Potter woke with a start."

In the next chapter, although Harry recalls the conversation about 
killing him that was held between Voldemort and Wormtail, it is 
never mentioned whether he was able to understand Nagini's words to 
Voldemort.  It is possible that, as he was not physically present, 
he could not, but I think this could really go either way.

--Barb

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