[HPforGrownups] Re: The Astute Mouth-Organ

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 133775

Jenserai Bariman wrote:
> ADi says, "Hi, I haven't understood Harry's and Dumbledore's exchange 
> about mouth-organ
> which DD even calls astute? WHat's a mouth organ got to do with 
> destruction of the ring?
> Bye"
> 
> I say, "I don't understand it either.  A mouth-organ is among the things 
> Riddle stole from the
> other kids at the orphanage, but I haven't the faintest idea what it has 
> to do with the ring. 
> Unless it's a really, really sloppy bit of fore-shadowing or something.  
> Perhaps it's part of a
> sub plot that got edited out?  I thought I caught some of those, but 
> maybe I'm just being very
> dim."
> 
> -Jens
> 
   Kathy writes:
       Dumbledore just meant that it was only ever a mouth organ whereas 
the ring was really a horcrux. To Dumbledore that explained why the ring 
was gone and the mouth organ was still there.
KJ