OOP: SPOILER: A question

[ktgray70]

No: HPFGUIDX 63119

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quimbyquidditch" 
<qmasters at y...> wrote:
> "ktgray70" <ktgray70 at y...> wrote:
> > Book 5 spoilers...
> > *
> > *
> > *
> > I wonder if someone with a British version of the fifth book 
might 
> > be kind enough to satisfy my curiousity?  What page exactly does 
> > Sirius (I'm in as much denial as Harry...Sirius is exactly whom 
I 
> > was dreading would be OOTP's tragedy) die on?  Something about 
the 
> > numbers occurred to me, and I know the American version has been 
> > shifted around because of the pictures, so I was hoping someone 
> > could settle it for me.  
> 
> 
> I have the Australian version, which I believe is formatted the 
same 
> as the British version.  The death is spread out over p. 710-711.  
> The paragraph beginning, "It took Sirius an age to fall" is on p. 
710 
> while the paragraph beginning, "Harry saw the look of mingled fear 
> and surprise" is at the very top of p. 711.
> 
> 
> "quimbyquidditch"

Oh, my.  That's exactly the speculation that was nagging me.  711 is 
the number of Sirius' Gringotts vault...a detail that was edited out 
of the American version of the books.  Perhaps because the editors 
told J.K. Rowlings that her trick wouldn't come off because of the 
illustrations?  I assume that these numbers aren't a crazy 
coincidence...that, frankly, gives me chills.  Whew.

Thanks for the confirmation, quimbyquidditch. :)
Kate