Veil and Archway Don't Match OOP Descriptions

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 166979

If someone pointed this out already, I missed it...

The veil in the MOM is described as follows:

"Unsupported by any surrounding wall, the archway was hung with a 
tattered black curtain or veil, which, despite the complete stillness 
of the cold surrounding air, was fluttering very slightly as though 
it had just been touched."  OOP, U.S. edition at 773.

Obviously, the veil or curtain on the U.S. cover is not black and 
tattered, although it does appear frayed at the bottom.

Also, it may just be me, but I got the impression that the MOM veil 
hung straight down, maybe in one panel -- there is no suggestion that 
it was parted or that Harry saw thru it.  In fact, Harry went around 
to the other side of the veil to see what was on the other side.

For those who might suggest the veil looks different from "the other 
side", when Harry looked at the back of the veil, "All that could be 
seen was the other side of the tattered black veil."

Then again, Harry was looking at the back side of the veil from the 
outside world, not from "Beyond the Veil."

Similarly, if the archway on the U.K. Kids's version is supposed to 
be the archway on which the veil hangs, it does not match the MOM 
archway, which is described as "a stone archway that looked so 
ancient, cracked, and crumbling that Harry was amazing the thing was 
still standing."  OOP, U.S. edition, at 773.

The archway on the Kids' version looks rather intact to me.

Angie