PS/SS "third weasley brother" going through 9 3/4?

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No: HPFGUIDX 79292

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "goodnight_moon5" 
<lmbolland at e...> wrote:
> My 9 yo son wondered if this was a Flint.  
> When Harry watches the Weasleys going through the wall to Platform 
9 
> 3/4, Percy goes first ("the oldest boy"), then Fred and "his twin" 
> goes after him, THEN "the third brother".  Who might that be? Ron 
is 
> still on the platform!
> 

<snip>"Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy, and off he went. 

******Fred is gone*******

His twin called after him to hurry up, and he must have done so, 
because a second later, he had gone 

****george now gone*******<snip>

Lauri


Now me-

The third brother is George.

Let me re-write it to see how everything sounds now-

"Only joking, I am Fred," said Fred, and off he went. Fred's twin, 
George called after him to hurry up, and he must have done so, 
because a second later, Fred had gone- but how had Fred done it? 
(sounds like a tongue-twister, doesn't it)

Now the third brother, George, was walking briskly toward the 
barrier... 



When it said off he went, it didn't mean he had already gone through 
the barrier. It meant he started to walk/run towards it. I think you 
read it as if Fred was the one telling George to hurry up and he did.

Remember, when Harry first sees the Weasleys, he describes "a plump 
woman who was talking to *four* boys, all with flaming red hair."

-Maritza