Difference between editions (Re: CHAP DISC: HBP 22, After the Burial)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 159565

Allie, from chapter questions:
>5. Harry didn't actually have 24 hours' worth of Felix Felicis, he 
> only had a 12-hour dose.  Is it possible that his "measured" gulp 
> didn't last as long as he thought it would?  Might he have been on 
> his own at the end of the conversation in Hagrid's hut?  Or was
> that just a flint?

 
Cyril here:
> Just to check, in my version of HBP (Bloomsbury First edition - pg 
> 445), the words used by Harry are:
 
> "Yeah, I s'pose I'd better," said Harry. "I don't reckon I'll need
> all of it, not twelve hours' worth, it can't take all night ... 
>I'll just take a mouthful. Two or three hours should do it."

Jen: We tried to hash this out when HBP was released because the 
Scholastic edition does indeed say 24 hours' worth. I looked this up 
in the Lexicon to see if there's been a resolution, but it only 
notes the difference here:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/hbp/differences-hbp.html

My personal opinion is that the Bloomsbury edition is correct. 
Slughorn states he is giving away 12 hours' worth of Felix in both 
editions. So unless JKR plans to revisit the night Harry obtained 
the memory to point out that Harry was *not* under the influence of 
Felix (and would it matter?), I'd say we're meant to believe he took 
a dose that lasted 2-3 hours.

Jen R.