Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book Six Title)

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 103296

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debra" <hpsupergeek at y...> 
wrote:
> Debra:
> This reminds me to re-visit an old argument. "Remember my last". 
My 
> last what? It wasn't "remember your promise" or "remember that 
letter 
> I sent you" or even "remember *my* promise". "Remember my last".
> 
>
It's an expression I think I've come across before, but it's very 
old-fashioned.  "In my last to you, I mentioned that..." etc.  It 
would mean, "In my last letter," or communication.  It must date as 
far back as Jane Austen, though.  If it is "last message", though, 
just when might that have been?  Is Dumbledore referring to the 
original note left with Harry?  Or has he sent Petunia more recent 
communications, and he's just reminding her of something important 
he told her then?  I like the idea that she's secretly receiving 
messages from Dumbledore; it raises her character by making her a 
genuine actor, who's participating in the story, rather than just a 
passive grumbler to whom stuff happens, but who doesn't have much 
influence.

Wanda