[HPforGrownups] Re: The ancient magic of gifts

[SUZANNE CHILES]

No: HPFGUIDX 57137

This brings to mind one of my favorite sentences in GoF. In the early 
part of the book, while Voldemort, Wormtail, and Nagini are in 
residence at the old Riddle mansion, Voldemort tells Wormtail that he 
will give him an opportunity that any wizard would "give his right hand 
for"

Suzanne

From: Ersatz Harry <ersatzharry at yahoo.com>
> Well, let me toss out another example of magical gifts:  "the 
> flesh of
> the servant, willingly given".  I can't imagine that Wormtail really
> *wanted* to lop off his hand for the sake of Voldemort, but he did do
> it, and the action seems to be the key, not the intent.  Perhaps
> something analogous applied to the Dursleys' gifts to Harry.