Re: [HPforGrownups] Interpretation (was Re: Dumbledore's "“peaceful express...
MadameSSnape at aol.com
MadameSSnape at aol.com
Sun Oct 23 00:34:14 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 141982
In a message dated 10/22/2005 5:01:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nkafkafi at yahoo.com writes:
(which is the single biggest unknown in the timeline) to compensate,
with the time of taking off from the forest canonically fixed at
sunset.
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Sherrie here:
According to the tables I just checked, sunset in mid- to late June of 1996
was just after 10:00 PM (approximately 10:07, if you want to be precise). If
the "earliest light of day" is around 2:00 AM (which makes some sense, since
sunrise is listed around 4:32 AM), that leaves a total of around four hours
for the full sequence of events, from the trip into the woods to the return to
Dumbledore's office (and, IIRC, at least some portion of the conversation
between Harry & Dumbledore).
Into that time frame, we squeeze the trip into the forest, the "discussion"
with the centaurs, the flight on the thestrals, the trip down to the DoM,
exploration of the Brain Room, the Veil Chamber & the Time Room, searching the
Prophecy Room, the running battle with the Death Eaters, the escape from the
DoM, Dumbledore's duel with Voldemort, the arrival of Fudge & Co. in the
lobby, and Dumbledore's discussion with Fudge while Harry trashed his office. (I
don't have my books with me, so again it's IIRC, but I don't think Harry
noticed the light in the sky until Dumbledore had already returned.) Pretty busy
four hours.
Sherrie
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