Mark Evans (Re: Privet Drive / Ethical Legilimency /)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 102662

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, gonecrzyNSC at a... wrote:
> gbannister10 at a... writes:
> Mark Evans 

Christie:
> Forgive me for butting in, but my mom has borrowed OoTP, so I can't 
look at 
> it right now.  I am trying to remember what the mention of Mark 
Evans is.  I've 
> read a lot of fan fiction lately and am getting some of it mixed up 
LOL  Was 
> it with the Sorting Hat or is he a neighbor on Privet Drive?

Geoff:

Canon as usual!
'"Hey, Big D!"
Dudley turned.
"Oh," he grunted, "It's you."
"How long have you been 'Big D' then?" said Harry.
"Shut it," snarled Dudley, turning away.
"Cool name," said Harry, grinning and falling into step beside his 
cousin. "But you'll always be 'Ickle Diddykins' to me."
"I said, SHUT IT!" said Dudley whose ham-like hands had curled into 
fists.
"Don't the boys know that's what your mum calls you?"
"Shut your face."
"You don't tell /her/ to shut her face. What about 'Popkin' 
and 'Dinky Diddydums', can I use them then?"
Dudley said nothing. The effort of keeping himself from hitting Harry 
seemed to demand all hi self-control.
"So, who've you been beating up tonight?" Harry asked, his grin 
fading. "Another ten-year old? I know you did Mark Evans two nights 
ago - "
"He was asking for it," snarled Dudley.
"Oh yeah?"
"He cheeked me."'

(OOTP "Dudley Demented" p.17 UK edition)