Where are those two extra girls?

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No: HPFGUIDX 25466

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., quite_serious at h... wrote:
> 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

You are correct that this deduction is based on the rat, snake, and 
eyeball transformations.  There is an explanation on the Lexicon at: 
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_students.html#Gryffindor 
girls

As Steve, the editor, notes at the bottom, this is not conclusive 
proof, but still an interesting piece of deduction and could be true.

-Luke