[HPforGrownups] JKR's cryptic answer: Who sent the Lestranges to the Longbottoms?

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No: HPFGUIDX 119758



Rebecca Stephens <rsteph1981 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Spoiler here for anyone not reading JKR updates!
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> Rumours Section:
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> Q: The Lestanges were sent after Neville to kill
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> JKR: "No, they weren't, they were very definitely
> sent after 
> Neville's parents. I can't say too much about this
> because it 
> touches too closely on the prophecy and how many
> people knew about 
> it, but the Lestranges were not in on the secret."
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> Jen: 
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> <snip>
> I'm stumped on this one. Most of the DE's were
> trying to talk their 
> way out of Azkaban about this time, yet the
> Lestranges and at least 
> one superior were still carrying out a secret
> operation. 
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Okay, I haven't actually read the update.  But I don't
understand exactly why this drawing so much attention.
I mean, I get the part about Neville & the prophecy
and wondering the significance of her mentioning it
(and possible the significance of them not knowing).

But what she says here just seems to back up what is
in the book to me:  they did not go there to kill
Neville.  They went there because Frank was an auror
of renown and they thought he might know what happened
to Voldemort and tried to torture it out of him.


Rebecca


 

JKR: "No, they weren't, they were very definitely *sent after*  Neville's parents. I can't say too much about this because it touches too closely on the prophecy and *how many people knew about it*, but the Lestranges were *not in on the secret*."


the emphasis here is mine.  there are several clues in what JKR had to say.  these are the clues that I saw.  first of all, the LeStranges did not just go on their own to find out what happened to LV.  they were sent.  *Who sent them?*  next she talks about the people who knew about the prophecy.  Canon states that DD knew, the person who listened at the door knew half of it and LV knew the half that the person who listened knew.  *Who was it?*  *Who else knew?*  and we also know that of the people who knew all or part of the prophecy, the LeStranges were not in on it so did not know the link with the Potters and the Longbottoms.  *Why, then, if they did not know the link, did they go to the Longbottoms and torture them?*  I hope this helps you to understand why we are so interested in this statement.  JKR has a way of stating things.  She can twist and hide little hints in the middle of a bunch of rubbish.  

moonmyyst



		
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