OOTP "Like a snake" comment by Lucius Malfoy

[Danielle Arnt]

No: HPFGUIDX 106253

I've been rereading OOTP and this comment just zapped out at me.  This may have been discussed before, but the FAQs are quite a tome.

In the American version, chapter 9, pg 154, when Harry runs into Lucius in the hall outside the courtroom:

" 'Quite astonishing, the way you continue to wriggle out of very tight holes...Snakelike, in fact..."

I'm not sure if this is a reference to the Daily Prophet publishing stories about Harry being a parselmouth, a reference to COS, or even a warning (some folks have proposed that Lucius is a spy in order to gain power for himself).  Any thoughts?

Danie

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