What were the Malfoys DOING there?

cubfanbudwoman susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Sep 23 18:08:04 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 113674

Potioncat:
> > I think Nott,Sr. is older than LV.  Tom Riddle and Minerva 
> > McGonagall are close in age, and McGonagall isn't elderly.  I
> >  know in the RW two people can be the same chronological age yet 
> > one could be "elderly" while the other wouldn't be, but I don't 
> > think 70 or so is elderly in the WW.
 
 
Alla:
> Me neither actually. After JKR mentioned that wizards life span is 
> much longer than us, muggles, I never consider McGonagall to be an 
> elderly woman. Middle-aged, maybe, but definitely not elderly. I 
> always consider her 70 to be like our 40s maybe.
 


SSSusan:
Then again, there's that place in OotP where Minerva gets hit by four 
Stunners, simultaneously, and the kids are talking about it 
afterwards.  Hermione says, "But poor Professor McGonagall...four 
Stunners in the chest, and she's not exactly young, is she?"

Of course, that could be because Hermione is talking, and she comes 
from the Muggle world.  

Anyway, back to my original point.  Carolyn mentioned that if Lucius 
*didn't* write in the diary, how would he have known what it did and 
was capable of?  She also mentioned that we know from JKRowling.com 
that the Notts have visited Malfoy Manor.  So perhaps Nott was 
responsible for handing over the diary & explaining it.  Whether Nott 
was a contemporary of Tom's or not, he'd still, by virtue of 
being "elderly," have had more opportunity to have known Voldy and/or 
Tom in his earlier years, something which Lucius could NOT have done.

Siriusly Snapey Susan







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