Book 7 Title

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 163149

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> I'm really disturbed by having "deathly" in the title. . . might not 
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Carol responds:

Which raises the question, why "deathly" and not "deadly"? "Deathly"
can mean "fatal," but it can also mean "of, relating to, or suggestive
of death," as in "a deathly pallor." I'm sure it's the second, not the
first, meaning that JKR intends. In fact, since the last thing she'd
want to do is announce so blatantly "Harry is going to die in this
book," I'm almost reassured that he won't. And, of course, the
death(s) in question may already have occurred, which again makes me
think of a cemetery (hallowed ground where the dead are buried).

Carol, wishing her topic were a bit more Christmassy