SS/PS Chapter Twelve Questions, plus hagrid 'Death' and paying for brooms

[A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 28780

A compendium.. on themes from three postings

The comment from Coltrane that if he told an interviewer  what was to 
happen to Hagrid he would 'have to kill you'.. (Message 28759) That 
isn't to me a clue as to what happens to Hagrid. The expression 'If I 
told you I'd have to kill you' is a bit of a catchphrase at the 
moment. Turned up in 'Band of Brothers' Episode One actually.. and 
elsewhere. Probably from Coltrane no more significant that if he had 
said 'you are the weakest link...'.

Its a reference to extremely sensitive intelligence work. Off topic, 
I was told this in all seriousness in real life a couple of weeks 
ago, by someone who had had in the past deep intelligence clearance 
in the US Navy and said he could tell me what kind of special 
operation was planend for Afghanistan exterpolating from his 
experience but after he told me he would have to kill me...

Back on topic - how Harrys schooling is paid for is something we just 
dont know. (Message 28777). Since we see this life  from Harry's POV 
its quite believable that the question of fees or whatever hasn't 
occured to him at that age, and so we dont get any reliable 
information on this theme, nor good information as to who pays for 
his first broom. Speculation on a bursary fund set up my his parents 
in advance would be quite off-Canon but... something like this could 
be on the background and Ill get on with the story unworried (mostly) 
until money gets directly important for the storyline, or my 
curiosity gets the better of me... 

Now on Libbys summary (and great versifying by the way!)

Harrys POV is enough to explain the portrayal of Madame Pince... 
(Question 2> She may or may not develop something more later...

Chess (Question 3)
We know nothing about who Ron had to socialise with as a child. How I 
read the Chess skill though is an indication that he had somebody or 
a few people to share interest with. Thats good. Still not 
distinctive enough to set him apart form ALL the rest of his family 
though...

Dumbledore and socks. When I first read the comment about seeing 
socks in the mirror I thought two things... a brush off ('dont ask 
impertinent questions') and a possible wishful sigh, ('if only my 
worst problem was 'not getting enough socks')... Having seen what 
happens in CoS Im not so sure any more... socks could shake the world 
yet.

Edis