DH Questions: Lovegoods/Ron's absence/blood status

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 188311

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spa76" <sandie.hans at ...> wrote:

> 2. How long was Ron at Shell Cottage/away from Harry & Hermione? 
> I thought it was a matter of weeks but my friend and I couldn't 
> settle on an exact time.


zanooda:

All we know is that Ron came back to Harry and Hermione right after Christmas, but it is unclear when exactly he left them before :-). When he returned, Hermione said something like "you come back after weeks..." ("The Silver Doe"), so maybe you are right and your friend is wrong, but really it is too vague in the book to be sure :-). 

I had an impression that it was still autumn  when he left, but in this case it would be more likely "months" than "weeks", wouldn't it :-)? The Trio infiltrated MoM on September 2nd, right? This means that Ron left some time in October or November, but I can't be certain :-). More likely November, IMO.