CHAPTER DISCUSSION Chamber of Secrets Ch. 3, The Burrow

[Geoff]

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Carol:
> The other image that stays with me is the bars on a second-story (er, first-storey in British English) window. Clearly, Vernon is serious about preventing his escape and wouldn't put it past him, apparently, to fly away--or jump fifteen feet without injury--a magical escape either way. (If Harry can make a pudding hover, as the Dursleys clearly think he can and did, they'll need to take extra precautions to keep him in his room.) 

Geoff:
Just being pedantic. In a house the size of Harry's, UK speakers would only
refer to the "first floor". "First storey" (with the "e") would only be used on a 
multi-storey building.