In (many) years to come...?

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 170659

Inge:

> Somehow I'm sure that the line: "In (many?) years 
> to come, Harry...." is to be found somewhere in one 
> of the books (like indicating Harry might survive). 
> I just don't remember in which book I may have read 
> it - and now I  have a bet going on with my daughter, 
> if that phrase actually exists in one of the books, 
> or not. Someone help me out? And if I'm right - please 
> tell me where to find  it :)

houyhnhnm:

I just came across that a couple of days ago while 
looking up something else.  SS, Scholastic, p. 262:  
In years to come Harry would never quite remember how 
he had managed to get through his exams when he half 
expected Voldemort to come bursting through the door 
at any moment.

The "years to come" could mean only the next six, but 
it is suggestive, isn't it, of someone looking back 
over a great distance of time?