Mimble Wimble

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 89913

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
> <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Carol:
> > I remember Uncle Vernon mumbling something that sounds to Harry like
> > "mimble wimble," but I just checked and it's not in "The Keeper of 
> the
> > Keys" chapter of SS/PS. 
> 
> Geoff:
> 
> It is.
> 
> "But Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, 'About our world, I mean. 
> your world. My world. Yer parents' world.'
> 'What world?'
> HAgrid looked as if he was about to explode.
> 'DURSLEY', he boomed.
> Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that 
> sounded like 'Mimblewimble'."
> 
> (PS "The Keeper of the Keys" p.41 UK edition)


Oops. You're right. That's p.50 of SS Am. ed. But as I said, it's not
Uncle Vernon muttering a "spell" to prevent Hagrid from trying to turn
Dudley into a pig (which happens nine pages later in my edition). It's
merely a reaction to Hagrid bellowing "DURSLEY!" and "mimblewimble" is
Harry's interpretation of Uncle Vernon's words, not necessarily what
Uncle Vernon actually said. So the rest of my little argument, such as
it is, still applies.

Carol