[HPforGrownups] The Clock Says 'Mortal Peril'....ooowww my stomach hurts.

[yr awen]

No: HPFGUIDX 42817

Richelle said:
Well, I had always thought that maybe the hand would just disappear if they
were dead.  But then when Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys return to the
Burrow after the Quidditch game Mrs. Weasley comes running out of the house
saying "Arthur--I've been so worried--so worried."  "You're all right . . .
you're alive . . . oh boys . . . " and then proceeds to practically strangle
Fred and George hugging them.  It sounds like she was passing the time
reading the Daily Prophet wondering if they were alive, not looking at the
clock to see.  Which has me a little confused, to say the least.  Anybody
care to explain?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

I would imagine that "you're alive" would be uttered by any parent/spouse (or *anyone*) who just saw a loved one for the first time after knowing them to be in danger -- it's a purely reflexive exclamation, and not governed by reason or knowledge of circumstances. When Mrs. Weasley strangles FrednGeorge and starts going on about how the last thing she said to them was a sharp remark about their OWLs, again it's an example of her relief that they're actually alive and okay. No matter what a clock or a newspaper or anyone says, sometimes you have to see the physical fact to know someone, particularly someone you love, is unharmed.

HF.
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