HBP MUST have appeared in COS

[Angela Brown]

No: HPFGUIDX 103471

karenlyall666 <karen.lyall at b...> wrote:
> I'm having problems understanding why everyone seems to have decided 
> that the 'Half Blood Prince' character must have appeared in Chamber 
> of Secrets.

Wanda Sherratt <wsherratt3338 at rogers.com> wrote:
> True, but the fact that this was considered as a possible title for 
> Book 2 argues that someone who could fit the description "Half Blood 
> Prince" must have been in that book.  Rowling changed the title, and 
> it's possible she took the HBP character out of the book entirely in 
> order to introduce him later on.  


I thought that Dumbledore explained the other "half blood prince" at the 
end of OoP? Longbottom has the same b/d as Harry and he's a "half blood" 
as well. A friend of mine also brought up the option of the kid Dudley 
beat up "Evans" might be a relation of Lily and Petunia's. That JK just 
hasn't brought that to light just yet.
 
ADB