What other curse scar?

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No: HPFGUIDX 59935

In a message dated 6/10/03 10:38:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
maryblue67 at yahoo.com writes:
> On a completely different topic, Kristel insisted:
> 
> 
> 
> danielle:
>   Correction, the line is :You'll forgive me,
>   Dumbledore, but I've never heard of a curse scar
>   acting as an alrm bell before....."
>   you've forgot one word, there are more than one curse
>   scars I'm sure, but in this reference Fudge is
>   referring to in general.
> 
> 
>   me :
> 
>   No, sorry, my copy hasn't got "never" in it. It really says :
> "You'll forgive
>   me, Dumbledore, but I've heard of a curse scar
>   acting as an alarm bell before..."
> 
> Now Me, Maria:
> 
> I think it is correct without the "never". I understand it as a
> sarcasm on Fudge's side. He is exagerating the affirmation comparing
> it with an alarm, something ridiculous that reinforces the sarcasm
> tone that i always read in that sentence.
> 
> Maria
> 

Actually, my line goes "You'll forgive me Dumbledore, but I've never heard of 
a curse scar acting as an alarm bell before ..."
I have the US Hardback with the numbers 10 9 8 7 (so is that 7th edition?).  
I think it's another one of those "ancestor v. descendant" deliberate error 
things.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~


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