[HPforGrownups] Re: Spinner's End Clues
canyoutellmehowtoget
joemurphyus at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jun 15 01:58:56 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 153887
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Jones <kjones at ...>
wrote:
>
> KJ Writes:
> The main thing that I found most interesting about this scene,
> and the one where DD conjures a bottle of mead is the dust. The wine
> at Spinner's End came out in a "dusty" bottle, as did the bottle of
> mead. It makes me wonder, if, in not living at the Dursleys', the
> mead provided was dusty, what does it say about Snape's living
> arrangements when his wine shows up dusty. When I first read the
> book, this caught my eye immediately, and I am sure that it is for a
> reason.
Maybe DD taught Snape the conjuring charm which always leaves dust on
the bottle. Or maybe it's fairy dust. Ok, I'm kidding. That is
interesting that JKR included dust in both instances. It does suggest
a well aged wine or mead, though. Maybe that's what she was going for.
"canyoutellmehowtoget"
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