Ottery St-Catchpole and Wizard War II

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 94752

> > Bonny wrote:
So far as I can tell, there must be two Fawcett girls (at least) one 
in Ravenclaw (who tried to cross Dumbledores age line and came out 
with a beard) and one in Hufflepuff (who was blasted out of a rose 
bush by Snape). I believe I have heard them mentioned before as
well, but I don't have time to re-read the series right now and make sure.
<snip>
maybe it is with one of these girls that Harry will have a 
little romance; we already know that Ms. Fawcett of Hufflepuff isn't 
opposed to a little kissing <snip>
 
I (Carol) responded:
I like your reasoning and agree that we'll be seeing Miss Fawcett in
Book 6, but I think there's only one of her. The girl in the
rosebushes in GoF is a Ravenclaw (adventurously kissing a Hufflepuff boy):
 
"Ten points from Ravenclaw, Fawcett!" Snape snarled as a girl ran past
him. "And ten points from Hufflepuff, too, Stebbins!" (GoF 426).
 
Bonny wrote: 
> 
> Which edition of the book are you reading, Carol? Because I am 
> referencing from the canadian printing, raincoast publishing, and in 
> my book the above quote is written as such:
> 
"Ten points from Hufflepuff, Fawcett!' Snape snarled, as a girl ran 
past him. 'And ten points from Ravenclaw, too, Stebbins!' as a boy 
went rushing after her."
> 
> That is on page 371. I am assuming there must be an error in one or 
> the other of our copies.

Carol responds:
Oh, good heavens! Not another discrepancy! Mine is the First
Scholastic Trade Paperback, copyright 2000 but printed in 2002. it
contains the correction in the order of the "echoes" coming out of
Voldemort's wand in the "Priori Incantatem" chapter, which to me
suggests that it may contain other corrections as well. (My apologies
for forgetting to put "Am. ed." but maybe it's a felicitous blunder in
this case.) What's the year on yours? (Anybody with a corrected UK
edition ca. 2002?)

BTW, I think the error is in the Canadian edition because Miss Fawcett
has already been identified as being in Ravenclaw in the age line
scene and JKR (or an editor) wanted to make it consistent. (A change
like that would not have been made by an editor without JKR's consent.)

Carol