Neville's parents - curse/murder text problem - BBC info

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No: HPFGUIDX 32338

Barb wrote:

> I believe that Harry was actually being discreet about not asking
> Neville, assuming that his parents might also have died because of
> Voldemort or at the very least, Death Eaters. 

Are you saying you think he wondered about this back at the first DADA 
class of 4th year?  My strong impression from "The Pensieve" is that 
he has never given it enough thought for his silence to be interpreted 
as discretion or sensitivity:

  Dumbledore gave Harry a very sharp look.
  'Has Neville never told you why he has been brought up by his 
grandmother?' he said.
  Harry shook his head, wondering, as he did so, how he could have 
failed to ask Neville this, in almost four years of knowing him.

and then, after Dumbledore explains:

  Harry sat there, horror-struck.  He had never known . . . never, in 
four years, bothered to find out . . . 

Margaret clarified:

> The text of the American edition may actually be earlier. Recall
> that GoF was published simultaneously in the UK and the US to
> avoid undermining the US edition with UK imports by people who
> Couldn't Wait. 

Ah, good point.  

I would like to nominate Muridae for an Order of the Loon for her 
contribution of freeze-frames, which are like food to starving 
L.O.O.N.s (and the latest report on the release date of book 5 
suggests that we may well be down to skin and bones before our next 
real meal).

Amy Z

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