DH reread CH 20

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No: HPFGUIDX 186788

> Carol wrote:
[snip]
> 
> 
> And yet, despite Ron's protests, Harry quite deliberately says Voldemort's name as if it were still superstitious nonsense not to do so.
> 
> "Come on, Hermione. Why are you so determined not to admit it? Vol--"
> 
> "HARRY, NO!"
> 
> "--demort's after the Elder Wand!"
> 
> "The name's Taboo!" Ron bellowed, leaping to his feet as a loud crack sounded outside the tent. "I told you, Harry, I told you, we can't say it anymore--we've got to put the protection back around us quickly--it's how they find--" (DH Am. ed. 444-45).
> 
> But it's too late. Despite Ron's warnings and his attempt to stop Harry, he says the name, anyway, and brings near-disaster on them all. 

[snip]

Joey:

I don't know but I thought that Harry *absent-mindedly* mentions the name *while* Ron was *simultaneously* shouting "HARRY, NO!" - more because of Harry's usual habit of using the name.

That's how I construed the hyphen ending the sentence "Come on, Hermione. Why are you so determined not to admit it? Vol--" and the one preceding the sentence "--demort's after the Elder Wand!" with Ron's yell inserted in the middle.

> Carol wrote:
> Too bad Harry didn't think to just call him Riddle.

Joey:

Agreed. I thought so too.

Cheers,
~Joey :-)