Where are those two extra girls?

[quite_serious at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25451

I've just come across this newsgroup. The FAQ makes for fascinating
reading! Anyway, while browsing through it I noticed a reference to
two extra girls being present at the Boggart lesson. I'm afraid I
don't see them at all in my edition (A late American one.) 

I'm guessing that they're supposed to be behind the scene where the
boggart turns into a rat, a snake, and an eyeball. However, to me that
paragraph reads as if the boggart is just acting confused -- and Lupin
seems to agree, as he says so immediately afterwards. Every time
someone actually tackles the Boggart, we get to see the actual
Riddikulus-caused ridiculous transformation.

Anyone else get this reading?

Hyphen


PS. In case anyone is interested, here is my take on the
size-of-Hogwarts question: it's not that JKR can't do math, but that
there is a genuine inconsistency written into the books to make
effective storytelling easier. Just imagine how the books would change
if the author had to deal with 30+ Gryffindors, and mention each one
as often as common-sense dictates. There's just not enough space in
the books to develop most of them the way JKR develops even her most
incidental characters. There would be many inconsequential, repetitive
characters, and many random names and character traits to remember. In
all, a big mess.