Mimble Wimble

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 89927

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:

Carol:
> 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.

Geoff;
I wasn't disagreeing with your thesis. I was merely finding the quote 
which you had missed. Digging around in canon to find a section can 
be very tiring on the eyes sometimes...