I must not tell lies

[augustinapeach]

No: HPFGUIDX 88924

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
Just a question, but do we have canon to support the assumption the 
quill left scars that are still visible?  We know Harry had to nurse 
the wounds and such and even eased the pain with the Murlap but are 
we just assuming there is now an indelible etching of "I must tell 
lies" in the form of a scar or do we know this from the book?  I just 
can't recall and everyone seems to always assume or know he does.  

Now AP:

I read this part just last night, but don't have the book with me to 
cite page numbers.  When Harry is talking to Dobby in the common room 
late at night, he notices the scar on his hand as he closes his book, 
and the text says something like, "which he thought would probably 
never fade completely" (poor paraphrase, but I believe the idea is 
right!).  Seeing the scar is what makes him think to ask Dobby if 
there is a place for the DA to meet.

I think it is interesting that a few lines later, Harry clenches his 
hand on the book to make the scar stand out even more.  I have the 
feeling that this scar is more meaningful to him than the one on his 
forehead, because it represents to him his choice to stay true to 
what he knows happened to him and his willingness to pay the 
consequences for that choice.