Bode's madness

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No: HPFGUIDX 83542

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkittyhawk97"
<nkittyhawk97 at y...> wrote:
> If Bode's madness is due to touching an orb, it can't be Harry's.
> 
> JKR writes OoP p. 779, 
> "Ron was pointing at one of the small glass spheres that 
> glowed with a dull inner light, though it was very dusty and 
> appeared not to have been touched for many years."
> 
> Umm... didn't Bode touch it only a few months ago? If Bode DIDN'T 
> touch the Prophecy, then what made him go mad?
> 


Sue B:

I work in a library. Believe me, dust gathers very quickly. Hey,
there's usually a layer of dust on the bookshelves in my own *home*
and I dust them 
regularly! :-) No reason why the orb couldn't have gathered dust in
that amount of 
time, if it is the reason for Bode's madness.