Molly's clock

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 151868

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>

> Now I, for one, thought it was silly for Molly to carry the clock
> around when the hands were *already* pointing to mortal peril. 
What's
> the point? The situation, according to the clock, is already as 
dire
> as it's going to get. The hands can't move to mortal peril because
> they're already there, and the Weasleys are as safe as they *can* 
be
> in their own home. I also don't like the fact that when a family
> member really *is* in mortal peril, for example Bill when he's 
savaged
> by Fenrir Greyback, that increased danger is not reflected by the
> clock, which shows him in the same situation as Molly and Arthur 
when
> they're sitting down to dinner.

>SNIP

> I suspect that the Burrow isn't the safe haven it seems to be, but
> still, when we see the Weasleys at Christmas time in HBP, they're 
not
> in danger *yet,* or at least no more danger than the average witch 
or
> wizard.
> 

Allie:

A lot of people seem to be of the opinion that the Burrow is going 
to be attacked early on in the next book.  Maybe this attack on the 
Weasley family was already in the works during HBP, and that's why 
the clock hands are on mortal peril?

Allie
(who agrees that the clock was quite useless after that point)