Voldemort murders in GoF

[alhewison]

No: HPFGUIDX 42711

Grey Wolf responding to the question about 
Voldemort's "murders/deaths" to be committed in GoF wrote:

 
>>> Since I don't think Naama has them in my language, that's two 
against  one by now, although I'll be the first to admit that the 
only one that  really counts is the original, British text. Any brits 
out there that  care give us the original text?>>>


GoF 1st edition (& 4th edition?) UK p 15, Wormtail says:
"if I CURSE"

Voldemort says:- "one more obstacle removed"

p16: "One more curse...my faithful servant at Hogwarts"

It is still unclear why Scholastic made the changes to the text. 
Perhaps it was in response to Frank Bryce's musings about 
Voldemort: "And he was planning more murders-this boy, Harry Potter, 
whoever he was - was in danger...". From my perspective whilst 
Voldemort does not value life, there is no specific mention of death, 
so why does Bryce think that there is. He does understand the grave 
predicament that Harry is facing, but why the plural "more murders".

I think that this section of text is "messy" whether you read the UK 
or US editions. The UK edition with mention of curse and obstacle 
proves itself to be canonically correct as Moody is imperioed, but 
for me at any rate Frank Bryce is reading more into Voldemort's 
speech than I can - but then again I have the advantage of being able 
to continually re-read it, and am not in a life-threatening situation!


Ali