[HPforGrownups] Gilding the Lily

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 114276

Kneasy noted:
>An aside - Mr and Mrs Evans. Both died within a short time-span -
>between the wedding and GH (again according to the Lexicon). Is this a
>coincidence? As Lady B. puts it "To lose one parent is unfortunate, to
>lose two looks like carelessness."
>I've a couple of possibilities to offer here - either:
>
>1. It was Mr and Mrs Evans that died in the car crash and Petunia used
>this event as the basis for the tale she tells Harry,
>or
>2. It wasn't chance that caused them to shuffle  off this mortal coil,
>it was enemy action.
>
>Just one very, very oblique clue here; Petunia reacts to the name
>Voldemort and to the mention of Dementors. Where has she heard these
>before? Voldy possibly from DD's letter after GH, or possibly not. It
>could have been the reason given for an earlier bereavement.... or two.

Not only the Evanses but also the Potters died in the same time frame. Very
young it would seem for both. Losing one grandparent at an early age would
be sad but far less remarkable than losing all four.

I did wonder whether one or both sets of deaths had been at the hands of DEs
(and even whether it was Snape's revenge) - if the Evanses had been killed
by wizards it would certainly explain Petunia's attitude to the WW.

But then JKR spoiled it all by saying that there wasn't anything remarkable
to tell about Harry's grandparents.

Still don't _quite_ understand how there could be nothing remarkable about
all four dying untimely, but there you go

Cheers

Ffred

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