[HPforGrownups] Re: A far-fetched analysis of the Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 70470


On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 04:40 America/Indianapolis, 
lissbell at colfax.com wrote:
> Lissa replied:
> Hmmm, well... except that Draco kinda does ask Harry about his parents.
>     (Lissa grabs her paperback copy of SS, finds the page on which 
> she's
> scrawled "oh man Draco you stupid twit" in angry lettering, and
> double-checks to make sure she hasn't just gone mad and hallucinated a
> Malfoy quote.)  But I understand that you interpret the scene
> differently than I do.  Also, I'd acknowledge that Draco suggests
> Hogwarts should be reserved for students from "old wizarding families"
> (SS paperback p 78).

Let me see...

... 'But they were _our_ kind, weren't they?' (emphasis from text)

'They were a witch and a wizard, if that's what you mean.'

[Draco appears satisfied with this answer]

(PS cloth-bound p.60-61)

You know, this would actually seem to support the theory that one 
muggle-born witch parent _can_ still qualify as pureblood; i mean, you 
don't really get much more pureblood-bigoted than Draco, at least at 
that age