Time lines (was Re: CHAPDISC3: HBP 3, WILL AND WON’T, continued

[lucianam73]

No: HPFGUIDX 142757

> > Carol wrote:
> > As has already been noted, not just the first three but the 
first 
> four
> > chapters seem to take place at approximately the same time on 
the 
> same
> > night (and involve unexpected visitors in a different Muggle
> > location). 


Lucianam:

It might be fair to assume all four chapters take place in the same 
night, but we have evidence only of chapters 3 and 4 taking place in 
the same night - I agree with Potioncat on this.

Although it seems Chapters 1 and 3 take place at a very similar 
time, if you look at the news in Harry's Daily Prophet pages and at 
the eevents in Chapter 1; in Chapter 1 scrimgeour is already 
Minister, he's already had his 'rift' with DD which is printed on 
the news, the Vance and Bones murder have already taken place - and 
Harry has heard of them. 

I'd like to point to yet another timeline coincidence; in Chapter 
Sluggish memory, inside the memory, there's a clock chiming 11 
o'clock and we know it's in the evening  because Slughorn tells the 
boys to go or it'll be late and they might get detention. Could this 
mean something?

And something else: as Uncle Vernom said, why the blazes did DD pick 
such a late hour to collect Harry? Eleven o'clock in the evening 
really is too late to call. He possibly had a reason.

Musing...
Lucianam