Dumbledore + Draco

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 135443

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Toni" <wabtm at y...> wrote:
> Toni: 
> > In my copy of HBP (UK Hardback) no where in his talk with Draco 
> > does Dumbledore says that he would hide Draco and make it seem 
> > like he is dead. It says (UK Hardback page 552 and 553) "Come 
> > over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more 
> > completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can 
> > send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her 
> > likewise. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban ... when 
> > the time comes we can protect him too"

> > Does the US version say that he would hide him making him looking 
> > like he is dead???

> Sue:
> It says (US p591) "Come over to the right side Draco, and we can  
> hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is 
> more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to  
> hide her likewise. Nobody would be surprised that you had died in  
> your attempt to kill me-forgive me, but Lord Voldemort probably 
> expexts it.  Nor would the Death Eaters be surprised that we had  
> captured and killed you mother-it is what they would do themselves, 
> after all. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban....When the 
> time comes, we can protect him too."

> There you have it.  I wonder why we got that edit?
> Sue(hpfan)

Geoff:

But Rachel, in message 134207, quotes the following....
> page 591-592
> "He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right 
> side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely then you can 
> possibly imagine."

...which gave rise the whole thread, because the first sentence does 
not occur in the UK/Canadian editions.