CHAPDISC: DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood

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No: HPFGUIDX 182898



> > 7.  Why does Ron not know where to find the Lovegoods' house when he
> has grown up in the same neighborhood?
> 
> Carol:
> It's not quite the same neighborhood. The Weasleys' view is blocked
> not only by their hedge and orchard but by, IIRC, at least one row of
> hills. However, Ron rightly expects to know it when he sees it because
> it will stand out from everything else. Also, of course, the Weasley
> kids never went to school in Ottery St. Catchpole. I doubt that Luna
> did, either. So chances are that their paths didn't cross very often.
> (Mr. Weasley mentions in passing that the Lovegoods couldn't get
> tickets to the QWC; that's our first hint that the families have any
> contact at all with each other.)


MusicalBetsy here:
Actually, in GOF, when Amos Diggory asks if there's anyone else
meeting them at the portkey, Mr. Weasley states that the Lovegoods
have already been there for a week.  I'm in the middle of rereading
GOF, so it was nice to know a fact for once!  Of course, at the time,
the Lovegoods didn't seem important, as we hadn't met Luna yet, so
that fact really stuck out in my mind this time around (it was
something about the cheaper your seats were, the earlier you had to
arrive).