enigmatic Bill .... the missing Weasley child

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21430

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., JamiDeise at a... wrote: 
> I doubt it, just because if there were something as significant as
> a deceased child, it would be pointless to have the baby die from
> natural causes ... unless it forwards the plot in some way, there's
> no reason for it.

I don't buy that JKR couldn't simply do this to hide Ron's seership.
I think many adult readers would immediately have said "aha, he's
the seventh son, that makes him a seer", if she were to made his
place explicit.  By having a deceased extra child, you hide Ron's
order from the reader and by having the child die *naturally*, you
create plausible reasons for Ron to have never been told....

....Craig