Knight Bus? -not free. and "wand" or "wand hand"?

[jastrangfeld]

No: HPFGUIDX 45779

> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "James P. Robinson III" <jprobins at i...> 
> wrote:
> while the (free) Knight Bus is non-U.  
> >   Jim> 

 
Me:
 
Where is everyone getting this idea that the Knight Bus is either 
cheap or free?  I encourage you to go back an reread that there!
 
 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., jodel at a... wrote:
> >The bus is hailed by sticking out one's wand HAND, not one's 
> wand. 
> 


Me:
 
I'm beginning to think I have a rather rare edition of the HP PoA 
book here.  Let me explain both problems as I see them with this:
 
 
PoA p 35:
 
Stan speaks:
 
"'Ere,' he said, looking suspicious again, 'you DID flag us down, 
dincha?  Stuck out your wand 'and, dincha?'
 
"'Yes,' said Harry quickly.  'Listen, how much would it be to get to 
London?'
 
"'Eleven Sickles,' said Stan, 'but for firteen you get 'ot chocolate, 
and for fifteen you get an 'ot water bottle an' a toofbrush in the 
color of your choice.'"
 
 
Now, I can see that Harry has raised his arm and illuminated his 
wand, trips, loses his wand, and maybe just maybe his hand is still 
stuck up in the air, and maybe that is why the bus is summoned.  But 
if so, even with the accent Stan has, he still states "Stuck out your 
wand 'and, dincha?"  
 
And it's definately not free.
 
If I have the only version of PoA in which Harry pays money, and Stan 
says "Wand" and not "Wand hand" in that sentence, please let me know, 
because I'm betting it'd be worth something!
 
Julie - who with the rest of the great state of Minnesota is mourning 
the loss of Senator Wellstone, his wife and daughter, 3 campaign 
managers, and 2 pilots who died in a plane crash this morning.