Lestranges' crime

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 8721


Snuffles MacGoo wrote:

>Yes it's in the pensive, p 517 in my aust edition. It's spelt out quite 
>clearly
>what the crime included. There were 4 people convicted, of whom only 3, the
>le'stranges and Crouch jr are named. (the other is a man)

Firebolt wrote:

>It never actually says that they were the Lestranges, though most >people 
>think they are because of the woman's fanaticism speech, and >the fact that 
>we know they're in Azkaban.

Yup. I got a hold of GoF and the US edition doesn't identify any of those 4 
by name.  The description runs:

"There was a thickset man who stared blankly up at Crouch; a thinner and 
more nervous-looking man, whose eyes were darting around the crowd; a woman 
with thick, shining dark hair and heavily hooded eyes, who was sitting in 
the chained chair as though it were a throne; and a boy in his late teens, 
who looked nothing short of petrified." (594 US, "The Pensieve")

By the end of the scene we know the boy is Crouch Jr. but that's all here in 
the US of A.  The vagaries of publishing . . . curiouser and curiouser!

Sirius mentions the Lestranges earlier, but not their specific crime (531 
US, "Padfoot Returns")--just that they were in Slytherin at the same time as 
Snape and were now in Azkaban.

Amy

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