Re: The café scene, memory charm question

[lyraofjordan]

No: HPFGUIDX 173770

Eggplant wrote: > By the way that scene contains the only error I've 
caught JKR at,
> Hermione says she had never performed a memory charm before but she
> had, on her parents. 
> 
Lyra:

Jo just explained this on her live chat. The charm she performed on her 
parents modified their memories (making them think they were someone 
else). The one she does in the cafe is Obliviate, erasing the memories 
of the DEs, and that's a different spell that Hermione *had* never 
performed before.
(Which is how I had interpreted it when I read it, but glad for 
authorial reassurance.)