[HPforGrownups] Trelawney's first prediction

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 48628


 SHolden <sholden at flash.net> wrote:
I am not sure this is it, but this is what I caught on my last
reading of PoA...

Ch. 11 Christmas lunch when Trelawney comes to join the table.

"Sibyll, this is a pleasant surprise," said Dumbledore, STANDING UP.
(my emphasis)

further down...

"Never forget that when thirteen dine together, THE FIRST TO RISE
will be the first to die!"

Trelawney had not actually joined them at that point, so I am not
sure if Dumbledore standing up counts as there were still only 12
actually dining. But I was struck by this pointed reference to
Dumbledore standing up. There is no mention of him standing up when
Ron and Harry join them.

Me:  

I think that since Trelawney wasn't actually sitting down yet, ther weren't 13 people at the table, the superstition thing doesn't really apply. However, if it does apply, and Dumbledore, according to it, is the first to die, it's not that strange. He is, after all, considerably older than anyone else present.

Maria,

who feels rather like Hermione now that her exam results are in.



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