Beauty in HP

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 88457

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melete-BlueAsrai <ellydan at y...> 
wrote:
> 

Melete: 
>     I've also been thinking a great deal about the
> small size of Harry.  Really it seems to be brought up
> enough so that we get this idea that Harry is fairly
> small for his age...most likely from undernourishment.

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> But his diminutive stature also
> reflects a common characteristic of abused
> children..that are either permanently stunted in
> growth and sometimes even in voice or at least for a
> longer period.  

Geoff:
It is however recorded that

"He was a skinny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who had the pinched, 
slightly unhealthy look of someone /who has grown a lot/ in a short 
space of time."

(OOTP "Dudley Demented" p.7 UK edition)