Missing Paragraph - Re-write & Weasley King

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 87079

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Derek Hiemforth" <derek at r...>
wrote:
> > Sherrie said:
> > 
> > According to Mugglenet.com, the paragraph missing from the UK 
> > audiobook is:
> > 'Harry was so angry with her he didn't talk to her for the rest of
> > the day, which proved to be another bad one. When people were not 
> > ....edited....

> > 
> > Julie:
> > I thought this paragraph was out of place for the very boring 
> > reason that Harry had been a hero the day before ...edited...
> 


> Derek:
> It may be also be due in part to ambiguity JKR wished to remove.
> The second sentence could be taken to mean that the escaped
> Death Eaters were in the corridors of Hogwarts!  :)  Also, the
> whole second sentence is rather convoluted and awkward by JKR's
> usual standards, using the word "corridors" twice, and so on.

bboy_mn:

I understand your point, but a re-write would have been extremely
easy. Here is my re-write with changes emphasized-

"Harry was so angry with her he did not talk to her for the rest of
the day, which proved to be another bad one. When people IN THE
CORRIDORS were not discussing the escaped Death Eaters, they were
laughing at Gryffindor's abysmal performance in their match against
Hufflepuff; the Slytherins were singing 'Weasley is our King' so
loudly and frequently that BY SUNDOWN Filch, OUT OF SHEER IRRITATION,
 had banned it from the HALLWAYS."



> Derek continues:
> Lastly, if *Arthur* Weasley and his family are indeed going to be
> revealed as wizarding royalty as some point (as I suspect), and
> the whole "Weasley is our king" business is foreshadowing, perhaps
> JKR felt she'd done too much of it and wanted to scale it back a
> bit.
> 
> (FYI, the missing paragraph is actually on page 589, at least in
> my U.S. edition copy, rather than page 519.)
> 
> - Derek

bboy_mn:

Have have my doubts about the Weasley's being revealed as 'wizarding
royalty'. I have to believe that if they were related to some elite
group in wizarding society, they would know it, and probably not care.

However, I do think that before this is all over, the Weasley will
have gained a great deal of status and respect in the wizarding world.
I think that independant of possible aristocratic lineage, they will
have proven that they are indeed the best of the best; the very best
the wizarding world has to offer.

Of couse, that doesn't discount the possibility of some unforseen
ancestral relationship being revealed. I speculate that the Weasleys
could inherit part of the Black estate; either money or the house. 

Naturally, this would only work if Sirius had the foresight to leave a
will. I do honestly believe that Sirius did leave a will. It would
have been a way for him to take care of Harry. All that time, locked
in the Black house, nothing to do but think, I can easily see his
thoughts turning to Harry and Sirius's own uncertain future, and
creating a will. A bit to the Weasley's, a bit to Remus, and the bulk
to Harry. 

I expand this by speculating that the Malfoys would certainly contest
the Will, since Draco is the nearest living male 'blood' heir. In the
end, given the existance of a will, the clearing of Sirius's name, and
the fact the Sirius is Harry's legal guardian and Godfather; I contend
in the end, the Will will be upheld, and Harry will go from having a
fortune to having a big fortune.

Alternate scenerio, the bulk of the estate is left to the Weasleys on
the condition that they take over as Harry's guardian, provider, and
protector.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn