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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