Harry's Guardian? ...& Reward

[Anne Robotti]

No: HPFGUIDX 73784

Peter pan wrote:

> Having read the opinions above, I am 
> curious to find out what you make of the 
> following (taken from the end of the 
> scene/chapter where Mrs. Weasley had to
> admit that she had to get Ron's dress 
> robes secondhand, which meant there 
> Weren't a lot of choices):
> 
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chapter Ten
> 
> Harry looked away. He would willingly 
> have split all the money in his Gringotts 
> vault with the Weasleys, but he knew they 
> would never take it.
> 
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GoF
> 
> Though in truth, it's not all the Weasleys 
> who would feel any qualm - Fred & George 
> overcame theirs quickly enough!  :)  But 
> Ron certainly didn't want Harry buying 
> stuff for him at QWC and I do agree with 
> Harry's assessment - that Mr. and Mrs. 
> Weasley seem more likely to make do (buy 
> second-hand robes and set books etc.) 
> than accept anything from Harry.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley probably woulnd't have accepted it. But how about when
Ron's wand was burping out slugs for the whole year? And it never even
occurred to Harry to say, "Hey, how about we get you a new one and then your
parents can pay me back or not?" Do you *honestly* think Ron would have
turned down the offer of dress robes as the ball approached? I don't think
so for a minute.

But of course, my personal motto is, "I'm not proud, bring it on," so I
might not be the best judge.  :D

Anne