What Little Niggling Details will be left?

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 170912

> Mike:
> But, another eavesdropping Snape incident I don't expect answered 
is 
> how much did Snape hear in the Shrieking Shack before he slipped 
into 
> the room?

zgirnius:
If this is never addressed again, I would consider it a settled 
question. The point of having the door creak, as far as I am 
concerned, is to point out to the curious re-reader of the scene just 
when Snape entered the picture. It is my opinion that if Rowling 
imagined Snape sitting around in the hallway for some odd reason, 
listening, and then deciding for some other odd reason to come into 
the room, and continue listening, she would have included some other, 
earlier, clue to his presence.

Instead, what I get from the descriptions is Snape coming down the 
tunnel at speed, and stealthily getting himself into the room to see 
what is happening (and then listen in). Between being a tad out of 
breath (he still is when he appears) and trying to be very quiet, I 
don't think he heard anything until he got into the room.

> Mike:
> Now for my nigglers. I have lots of Horcrux questions that I don't 
> see getting answered. For instance:

zgirnius:
I agree, we are not getting answers to any of those. <g> 

> Mike:
> Was that potions book originally Eileen Prince's? Was all the 
writing 
> that of a young Severus or did someone else ::cough,Lily, cough:: 
> make some contributions? Why was this NEWT level book used by Sevie 
> before he got to his OWLS?

zgirnius:
If Lily wrote in that book, we *will* be hearing about it. Otherwise, 
yes, these are not likely to be addressed.

> By the book nigglers:
> 2. What happened to the Weasley's Ford Anglia? 

zgirnius:
I thought we would be seeing it again, according to an interview? Or 
is that Sirius's motorbike I am thinking of...

> Mike:
> 6. Is that house in Spinner's End the Prince family home?

zgirnius:
Is that your theory about it? I thought it might be the Snape family 
home.

> Mike:
> What did Bella mean by, "his most precious --"?
> How did RAB get the locket out of the Birdbath of Doom? Or did he 
> swap them out before the real locket even made it to the cave?

zgirnius:
These I am betting we get an answer to. I tend to think they are 
related.