[HPforGrownups] other POA thoughts

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 47846

On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 16:58:40 -0000, "dowen331" <mailowen at aol.com>
wrote:

>P. 327, as HRH are getting ready to go down to Hagrid's hut right 
>before Buckbeak's execution, they are waiting for the entrance hall 
>to clear, hiding in an empty chamber.  "They heard a last pair of 
>people hurrying across the hall and a door slamming."  This time 
>around it hit me:  *They heard themselves!!*  It was time-travel!HH 
>that were hurrying into a closet and slamming the door right before 
>they went out!  I never noticed that before--thanks for letting me 
>share my moment of discovery :-).

Isn't it great that we don't get so many details on our first and even
second or third read? ;-) The first time I read PoA, I didn't get the
whole time travel thing until Hermione revealed it, and I certainly
didn't make the connection between Sirius -> Dog Star and the great
black dog. In hindsight I'd say Sirius had the word "Animagus" written
in shining letters on his forehead, but I'm hopeless at solving
mysteries.

>Finally, a question of accuracy:  p. 370:  Is it a known FLINT (is 
>that the right term?) when Sirius says to Peter (in the Shrieking 
>Shack): "Voldemort's been in hiding for fifteen years, they say he's 
>half dead."  By my count he's been in hiding for 12 or 13 years at 
>the most at this point, so where does 15 come from?

It seems to be a printing error that has never been corrected in the
American editions of PoA. In my Bloomsbury paperback it says "12
years", I don't know about the British hardcover, but the German
translation which follows the British editions also says "12 years"
(if I remember well, don't have them at hand to check).

Monika