[HPforGrownups] Harry's blood/Lily Potter

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40144

  From: rvotaw at i-55.com 

  Felicia writes:

  > Somebody please point out the hesitation bit to me. I thought he just
  > killed her then tried to kill Harry.
  > Unforvibably short post but maybe I have read the book wrong ( or the wrong
  > edition)

  I only have book one with me right now (Scholastic paperback edition) and at 
  the end when Voldemort is trying to get Harry to give him the stone he says "I 
  killed your father first, he put up a courageous fight . . . but your mother 
  needn't have died. . . she was trying to protect you."

  I believe there's something more in Book 3, but I don't have it with me right 
  now.  I'll check on it tomorrow.

  Richelle
Okay, here it is from book three, two separate places I found just flipping through.  First is when the dementor came to the Quidditch match and Harry had the flash backs/ memories surface.  This is from the Scholastic paperback edition, chapter nine.

"Someone was screaming, screaming inside his head . . . a woman . . .  
"Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!"
"Stand aside, you silly girl . . . stand aside, now . . ."
"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead--"

Then again from Book three, chapter 12, during Harry's lessons from Lupin:

"Harry was falling again through thick white fog, and his mother's voice was louder than ever, echoing inside his head--"Not Harry!  Not Harry!  Please--I'll do anything--"
"Stand aside.  Stand aside, girl!"

So there is a clear hesitation there on Voldemort's part, giving Lily the opportunity to save herself rather than just killing her immediately.  And then there's that plea from Lily "I'll do anything."  Hmmmm.

Richelle



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