The Final Sentence

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 158308

Kenneth asked:
> > 
> > What would be the final sentence in book seven which
> > would give the 
> > most hostages to fortune, 'answer' the most pressing
> > questions and 
> > generally cause the most consternation amongst
> > aficionados here?  My  
> > suggestion would be:
> > 
> > Harry looked at Dumbledore across the bodies of
> > Voldemort and Hagrid 
> > and said: "So it was Neville's task after all. 
> > Well, at least I've got 
> > rid of my scar."
> > 
> > Kenneth
> > 
parisfan wrote: 
> 
> I'd rather hear something eloquent like 'as he lay in
> his coffin he was eerily pale but what most remember
> about that last look at Harry was his blood red SCAR'

Carol responds:
I think we're forgetting that the last chapter is an epilogue--what
happened to the *survivors* of VW2. Since the last word in the book is
"scar," it clearly refers to Harry, who must therefore be a survivor.
I think the last sentence will be something like this (forgive me for
making it two sentences): "Although Professor Trelawney's prediction
that Harry would have twelve children and become Minister of Magic
didn't come true, he and Ginny did have a long and happy life together
as famous Aurors with seven children, all but one of them boys. The
youngest son looked exactly like Harry except that he had his mother's
eyes--and, Harry noted happily, no sign of a scar."

Carol, realizing that those sentences aren't exactly eloquent but
hoping that they're more or less accurate in terms of content