[HPforGrownups] Re: Looking at the last page.

[LynnKQuinn at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 163386

In a message dated 1/1/2007 8:15:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
bartl at sprynet.com writes:

eggplant107 wrote:
> When the casher at the bookstore takes my  money at 1201 AM and I
> receive the last Harry Potter book that well  ever be written I will
> not jump to the very last page; I may be dumb  but I'm not that
> dumb.  But I do need some advice, should I read the table of 
> contents in the very front of the book that lists the chapter 
> titles? I have a horrible hunch, I think the second to last 
> chapter,  the one just before the one called "Epilog", will be 
> called "The man  who died". I think maybe I should just close my 
> eyes when I turn over  the first few pages of the book and start 
> with reading chapter 1. I  could be wrong,your comments would be
> appreciated.

Bart:
One  of my favorite New Yorker cartoons was a depiction of Sherlock 
Holmes and  Dr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes is examining a gift wrapped 
package with his  magnifying glass. The caption is, "Confound it, Holmes! Just open it up  and be surprised like everybody else!"

My recommendation: Just read it and be surprised like everybody else. Except, of course, for the last word.

Lynn:
   
I am shocked. I will try to slow down and absorb every word as  slowly as possible and accept it as its been written. I will get babysitters.  Then I will enjoy my final 1st time reading of a Harry Potter story, I will not  try to guess ahead. 
 

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