Harry not catching details (was Re: Chill out, guys)

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25846

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., caliburncy at y... wrote:
> This is a valid enough point except that technically it would seem 
to 
> violate the Authorial Theory of Misinformation (I *really* need to 
> explain what that is one of these days).  Anyway, what I mean in 
this 
> particular context, is that the details we receive here are 
dependent 
> upon the perspective/accuracy/veracity of the third person, 
> limited-omniscient narrator and not upon Harry.  The details he 
would 
> or would not notice are irrelevant provided that he was in fact 
> present at the time.  We have no precedent to show that the 
narrator 
> ever leaves out concrete fact because Harry might not have noticed 
> provided he was there.
> 

In PoA chapter #10, the trio goes into "The Three Broomsticks" and 
orders and consumes three butterbeers.  No money or payment of any 
kind is mentioned.  Therefore by your logic, they got those 
butterbeers for free.

Marcus