mistake???

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49472


Well... 

I have been for a while now comparing editions of the HP books, and with the 
small exception of the UK editions being in English ( giggle) I have found 
very little differences... However, in re-reading GoF, I *did* discover 
something. I have yet to find it on the list, and if it has been discussed 
before, please pardon the redundancy.

GoF UK Edition Cloth pg 579, right after BErtha Jorkins appears from the 
wand:

"...he knew as though he had expected it from the moment Cedric had appeared 
from the wand... knew, because the man appearing was the one he had thought 
of more that any other tonight....
The smoky shadow of a tall man with untidy hair fell to the ground as Bertha 
had done, straightened up, and looked at him... and Harry, his arms shaking 
madly now, looked back into the ghostly face of his father.

'You're mother's coming...' he said quietly. 'She wants to see you... it will 
be all right... hold on...'

And then she came..."

Now, when I first read the GoB the only thing that seemed odd was that 
Harry's father died before his mum to my best understanding.....

Now looking to the US Paperback edition, page 667 same place:

"...and Harry knew when he saw it who it would be... he knew, as though he 
had expected it from the moment when Cedirc had appeared from the wand... 
knew, because the woman was the one he had thought of more than any other 
tonight...

The smoky shadow of a young woman with long hair fell to the ground just as 
Bertha had done, straightened up, and looked at him... and Harry, his arms 
shaking madly now, looked back into the ghostly face of his mother.

'You're father's coming...' she said quietly. 'Hold on for your father... it 
will be all right.... hold on..."

Interesting little difference I thought I would share....

-Snuffles

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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