Clock in the wall at the Burrow - characters that women are crazy about

[lily_solstar at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25803

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Maria <maryblue67 at y...> wrote:
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> In GoF, in chapter 10, when Harry is at the Burrow again
> after the World Cup, it says: "Mrs. Weasley glanced at the
> grandfather clock in the corner. Harry liked this clock..
> It was completely useless if you wanted to know the time,
> but otherwise very informative.It had  nine golden hands,
> and each of them was engraved with one of the Weasley
> family's names.There were no numerals around the face, but
> descriptions of where each family member might be. 'Home',
> 'School' and 'Work' were there, but there was also
> 'lost','hospital','prison' and, in the position where
> number 12 would be in a normal clock, 'mortal peril'."
>End Snip>

If the top position truely reads "mortal peril," then wouldn't the 
Weasleys have known in CoS that Ginny was in danger? I supose one 
could argue that she wasn't quite in *mortal* peril (i.e. she wasn't 
truely in danger of losing her life) during the times she performed 
tasked for Tom Riddle/Voldie. But in the ending scene, when Tom takes 
her down to the Chamber for the last time, surely her hand would have 
been on "mortal peril" then.

How oftem do the Weasleys glance at the clock?

And what about Ron? He's been in plenty of situations with Harry 
(encounter with Fluffy, huge spiders in forest, etc.). Or what about 
Charlie? Surely working with Dragons would be very dangerous.

It seems as thought that clock could worry a mother, especially such 
a mother as Mrs. Weasley, to death.

--Lily Solstar

PS After reading this over, I'm not entirly convinced this post has a 
point. I supose it's just one of my many observations and wonderings. 
Take care. :-)