[HPforGrownups] Newer UK Edition of CoS Has Three Changes From Original E...

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 43664

In a message dated 05/09/2002 20:34:21 GMT Standard Time, 
alina at distantplace.net writes:


> > (3) In Chapter 18 of the original edition, when Lucius Malfoy and
> > Dobby appear in Professor McGonagall's office, it reads:  "The elf
> > was carrying a stained rag with which he was attempting to finish
> > cleaning Mr. Malfoy's shoes.  Apparently Mr. Malfoy had set out in a
> > great hurry, for not only were his shoes half-polished, but his
> > usually sleek hair was disheveled.  Ignoring the elf bobbing
> > apologetically around his ankles, he fixed his cold eyes upon
> > Dumbledore.
> >
> > 'So!' he said 'You've come back.  The governors suspended you, but
> > you still saw fit to return to Hogwarts.'"
> >
> > The newer edition completely eliminates the paragraph about Dobby
> > polishing Mr. Malfoy's shoes and when Mr. Malfoy speaks, it
> > reads: "'So!' said Lucius Malfoy, his cold eyes fixed on
> > Dumbledore.  'You've come back.  The governors suspended you, but you
> > still saw fit to return to Hogwarts.'"
> >
> > ~Phyllis

Alina:

> 
> Wow, both of these are completely different from the Canadian edition! The
> way it reads for us is:
> 
> Lucious Malfoy stood there, fury in his face. And cowering under his arm,
> heavily wrapped in bandages was Dobby.
> "Good Evening, Lucius," said Dumbledore pleasantly.
> Mr. Malfoy almost knocked Harry over as he swept into the room. Dobby went
> scurrying in after him, crouching at the hem of his cloak, a look of abject
> terror on his face.
> "So!" said Lucious Malfoy, his cold eyes fixed on.... etc.
> 
> It seems no other edition sees fit to explain why Dobby is there, but what 
> I
> want to know is why he's wrapped in bandages in the Canadian one? Was he so
> severely beaten/mutilated by Malfoy?

Eloise:

Your version of this scene is the same as mine (UK paperback, 1998).
Did Phyllis just miss out the bit about the bandages?

I always assumed that Dobby had inflicted the injuries on himself as 
punishment for being such a bad house elf and trying to help Harry. 

Eloise





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