The FAQ says "Lily first"

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 104566

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, garyfredogal at h... wrote:
 
> Tina:
> 
> Since there seems to be all this controversy over who comes out of 
> the wand and who died first, I have to object to the Lily first 
> theory. I have just reread my copy of SS and on US Version pg 294 
it 
> reads:
> 
> "How touching..."it hissed. "I always value bravery...Yes, boy, 
your 
> parents were brave...I killed your father first, and he put up a 
> courageous fight...but your mother needn't have died...she was 
> trying to protect you...Now give me the Stone unless you want her 
to 
> have died in vain."

Geoff:
Yes but if you accept the above canon (PS "The Man with Two Faces" 
p.213 UK edition), you can't object to the Lily first theory. 
The "echoes" appear from the wand in the order, last first, Cedric 
being in that position. Therefore, as has been indicated, Lily must 
come out of the wand first because she died after James.