Flitwick/Missing 24 hours

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50129

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "christi0469 <christi0469 at h...>"
<christi0469 at h...> wrote:
> ... ... ... In the first chapter of PS/SS Vernon bumps into and just
>  about knocks over a tiny wizard with a squeaky voice. Could this be
Prof. Flitwick? ...edited...
> -end this part-

bboy_mn:
True the wizard is discribed as 'tiny' but let's remember that
Flintwick is only about 30 inches tall, based on the fact that he
needs to stand on a pile of books to be able to see over his desk. It
would be one thing for Uncle Vernon to bump into someone odd who was 5
feet tall, for an adult that is a tiny person. But it would have been
a substantial and suprising enough event to bump into someone 30" tall
that Uncle Vernon would have displayed more than a little reaction.
Vernon was rattled, but, based on the text, he was rattled because he
was hugged by a stranger in a voilet cloak, and called a Muggle.

I always suspected it might have been Dedalus Diggle (who lives in
Kent), who is described as a "little man in a top hat". Although, the
scene in the Leaky Cauldron doesn't mention him dressed in purple
(although, that's how I always saw him) and the scene outside Vernon's
office doesn't mention a top hat.

In conclusion, I think we would have seen a stronger reaction from
Vernon if he had been hugged by a 30" high man in a purple cloak.
-bboy_mn-end this part-

christi:
or does Vernon work in London?
-end this part-

bboy_mn:
>From Central London to East Central Surrey (Reigate) is about
17mi/27km. From Central London to Central Surry (Guildford) is about
27mi/43km. With about 2/3 to 3/4 of that driving inside the M25 Loop
which is a major freeway that circles the city of London and it's
immediated suburbs. 

I have to assume all traffic inside that loop is heavy and slow. On
the other hand, in Surrey are the reasonably large towns of Guildford,
Working, and Epson. Nearby is Crawley in West Sussex. Driving
distances would be about the same (Riegate to Guildford approx
14miles) but he would miss the heavy inner city traffic. My opinion is
that he drove to one of these towns in Surrey. When Harry askes Vernon
to take him to London, Vernon doesn't make it sound like an everyday
occurrance. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn