[HPforGrownups] Re: Mysteries to me; maybe not to you

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 144697


truthbeauty1 wrote:

t> I think Rowling uses this as an example of how paralyzed
t> with fear Voldemort has made the wizarding world.

And it is not wholly unprecidented -- In _Pride and Prejudice_,
Mr. Darcy can hardly bring himself to mention Wickham by name --
"The man whose name it was pain for him to pronouce".
And Darcy didn't fear Wickham -- His actions had merely caused
Darcy so much emotional anguish.

And in a similar vein, I have a couple of past loves whose names
I still cannot bring myself to say out loud without much pain,
even with the passage of years.

-- 
Dave