Location of the cut Was: Fake!Moody's "Long, Low Hiss"

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 42494

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "tex23236" <jbryson at r...> wrote:

Phyllis (me) wrote:

> Both Moody's hiss and Dumbledore's gleam come after Harry shows 
> them where he has been cut (Dumbledore specifically asks Harry 
> to "stretch out his arm" (p. 696).  I wonder if this means the 
> location of the cut is significant?

Tex responded:

> It was taken from the left arm, right? Then that would be at about 
> the location of the Dark Mark on a DE's arm... Hmmm... 

now me:

I was hoping you were on to something, but then I checked GoF and on 
p. 642 (Scholastic hardcover ed.) it says that when Wormtail 
approached Harry with the dagger, Harry "felt its point penetrate the 
crook of his *right* arm..."

I was also thinking that, since Fake!Moody had to ask Harry what 
Voldemort "took" from him, this indicates that Voldemort didn't tell 
Fake!Moody what he planned to do with Harry once the Triwizard Cup 
transported Harry to him, even though Voldemort consistently refers 
to Fake!Moody as his "faithful" servant.  Wormtail, on the other 
hand, appears to be in the know as to what is going to happen (in the 
first chapter of GoF, Wormtail says "It could be done without Harry 
Potter, My Lord"), but Voldemort refers to him as "worthless and 
traitorous."

More food for thought...

Phyllis