JKR hints at secret

[elirtai]

No: HPFGUIDX 74362

Hello,

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meltowne" <meltowne at y...> 
wrote:
>
> If they didn't go to see Lockhart, in his ward, they wouldn't run 
> into Neville with his parents - and they wouldn't see his mother 
> passing him the wrapper.  I suspect the wrappers have some 
> significance.  Even so, I don't think that's the scene we're 
> looking for.
> 
> Melinda

I agree that's not the scene. It doesn't meet the "not relevant for 
the CoS plot" criteria, for one thing. It's relevant since:
- it sets the purpose for the subject of Ron's defective wand 
(which, at that point, everyone has assumed it's only a comic relief)
- it's the way the boys get rid of Lockhart (which is needed to 
further the plot)
- it's got a sort of poetic justice to it - after all, Lockhart was 
a trifle too fond of memory charms ;-)

But the back reference in OOTP is interesting nonetheless.

Best regards,
Elirtai