No: HPFGUIDX 126916 I'm banking on the figure on the right being Mrs.Weasley - I can so vividly see the Weasley parents passing on in the next book. I'm from the "the figure on the right is ghostly ie dead" camp and I don't see Ginny shedding this mortal coil in the next book. As far as keeping the plot rolling, I think that there is room to cut the Weasley parents. -p