[HPforGrownups] Who is Mr Prentice?

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Griffin782002:
I think Mr Prentice must be one of Mrs Figg's cats. She had statioed one of
her cats outside Harry's house in case something could happened. It is
logical
that she used her cats again just in case.
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Now Me, Betty:
I think it's more logical that Mr. Prentice is a human, probably another
squib or a muggle. If he'd been a cat she wouldn't have taken enough notice
to tell Harry again to keep his wand out. If he's a squib, seeing a wand's
no big deal, and if he's a muggle, he'd probably wonder why Harry was
carrying a wooden stick, but that question would quickly be drowned by
wondering about Dudley. It's also like Mrs. Figg already said, though, it's
already hit the fan, so he may as well keep his wand out no matter who sees
now, just in case.
Betty

'Peace and freedom, do you say? The North would have known them little but
for us. Fear would have destroyed them. But when dark things come from the
houseless hills, or creep from sunless woods, they fly from us. What roads
would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in
the homes of simple men at night, if the Dunedain were asleep, or were all
gone into the grave?
'And yet less thanks have we than you. Travellers scowl at us, and
countrymen give us scornful names. "Strider" I am to one fat man who
lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his
little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. Yet we would not
have it otherwise. If simple folk are free from care and fear, simple they
will be, and we must be secret to keep them so.'
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Juli" <jlnbtr at yahoo.com>
To: <hpforgrownups at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Who is Mr Prentice?


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> Last night I was reading OoP for the hundredth time,
> and, well, I noticed something I've never really seen
> before, anyway, here it goes:
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> 'Keep your wand out,' she told Harry, as they entered
> Wisteria Walk. 'Never mind the Statute of Secrecy now,
> there's going to be hell to pay anyway, we might as
> well be hanged for a dragon as an egg. Talk about the
> Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery. this was
> exactly what Dumbledore was afraid of - What's that at
> the end of the street? Oh, it's just Mr Prentice.
> don't put your wand away, boy, don't I keep telling
> you I'm no use?'
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> (OoP, Ch 2, A Peck of Owls)
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> This happens right after Harry and Dudley are attacked
> by dementors. My question is Who is Mr Prentice? Is he
> a muggle, a Squib, a wizard? My guess is he's either a
> squib or a wizard, why else would Mrs Figg allow him
> to see Harry with a wand? Thoughts anyone?
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> Juli
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