Secrets of Harry's past - At the Last Moment

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190104



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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> 
> Geoff:
> Interestingly, I don't read this the same way as you... 
> 
> I read this as Hagrid doing the collection and collating all 
> on the day before, Dumbledore in his wisdom thinking "What 
> can we do to make something up to Harry".
> 
> I don't see Hagrid being organised enough to collect photos
> during the year and also keep them under wraps without letting
> something slip. Anyway, if that was the case, why wait until 
> almost the last moment before the end of term to give them?
>

Steve:

Oddly, to me, at the last moment seems like the perfect time to 
give Harry the Photo Book; something to carry him through the
long holiday.

As to Hagrid collecting the photos, I imagine he sent out 
requests early, and some of the earlier responses lead him to
other people who might have photos. But I don't see Hagrid 
sending out one blanket request, then being flooded with 
replies. These photos would have been very old, and people
who have had to dig around through old junk stored in the
attic. 

I can see the responses straggling in a photo or two hear and
there, and Hagrid just stuffing them in a draw with the 
intension of eventually working on it. 

However, when it got down to the last minute, Hargrid had to
finish it. Likely he had all the photos, so just a matter of
sorting them, and mounting them in the book. And if he used
magic, that would certainly speed the process up. 

And again, just before Harry left seems the perfect time to 
give him the book. Harry is all down about having to leave
Hogwarts for a couple of months, and the books would be good
to keep him occupied and distracted while the time whiled 
away.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn