Mark Evans -- Pattern of clues and context -- More?

[jjpandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 85012

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "smaragdina5" 
<smaragdina5 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tigerpatronus" 
> <tigerpatronus at y...> wrote:
> 
> > And the pattern of the prose is right. As mentioned in another 
> post, 
> > we get a description of Mark Evans, his whole name, and 
> his "cheeky" 
> > personality. 
>  JKR said in an 
> > interview a while back that Lily's maiden name was Evans. In 
canon, 
> > this isn't mentioned until the Snape-Pensieve scene, when James 
is 
> > writing L.E. and then refers to Lily as "Evans." 
> > 
> > This is the same pattern that JKR uses often in her books, 
dropping 
> > in a couple words and laying in the context later
> > What else fits this pattern? There must be more. 
> 
> Mrs. Figg, mentioned almost as a trivial comic item in the 
beginning 
> of the series, and then at the end of GOF Dumbledore says to get 
the 
> old order including Arabella Figg... and we see what happens in OOP!
> 
> good point...
> 
> smaragdina5

Don't forget that Sirius was mentioned just once by name in the first 
chapter of PS/SS.  When Hagrid arrives at the Dursleys with baby 
Harry, he tells Dumbledore that he borrowed young Sirius Black's 
motorcyle.  Then no mention of Sirius until Book 3 where Sirius is 
such an important character that he is the subject of the book's 
title! (P0A).  I've learned to pay attention to any name that 
appears.  Although I completely missed out on the "Mark Evans" 
reference!  I need to get back my loaned-out copy of OotP!!!
-JJPandy