The Ravenclaw Hx identified?

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...> wrote:
> Thanks to Kneasy for making that observation about the four tarot
> symbols: the Jewel, the Cup, the Sword and the Wand. Both Slytherin
> Hxs, the ring and the locket, are jewels, Dumbledore believes that the
> Hufflepuff Hx is Helga's cup, and he says the last relic of Gryffindor
> is his sword. So as Kneasy mentioned, this leaves us with Rowena
> Ravenclaw's wand.
> 
> And where can Rowena Ravenclaw's wand be found? Obviously, in the
> possession of the best wandmaker in the British Isles: 
> 
> **************************************************************
> SS/PS, Ch. 5, p. 82 US ed :
>  
> "The last shop was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the
> door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC. A single
> wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window"  
> **************************************************************
> 
> 
> A *single* wand in the shop's window. Naturally, it will be the
> greatest wand the Ollivanders have ever made. And if the Ollivanders
> have been in business since 382 BC, they could have easily
> manufactured the wand of Rowena Ravenclaw, who lived a mere one
> thousand years ago. And after her demise her wand wouldn't fit any
> other wizard, so why not return it to the makers, who would of course
> treasure it and pass it from generation to generation. 
> 

I like it.
Shades of 'The Purloined Letter' - hide it in plain sight.
Despite positing the possible Tarot link, I was having a bit of trouble
figuring out how a single wand could be identified as important.
Ans: Go back to the beginning, to a wand sitting in solitary splendour
in a shop window. Brilliant.

Now all we have to do is wonder if Ollivander slipped the wand to
Neville (one of his last customers) before the heavy mob came for him.
Might have done - DD showed an interest in Ollie and his wares, and
a timely warning that Voldy was after the Ravenclaw relic wouldn't be
too fanciful. That's assuming that Voldy hadn't subverted it already.

If he did Hosschuck it previously then Neville is in for troubled times.
Or has Ollivander hidden it elsewhere, or - horror of horrors, handed 
it over to Voldy?

Plenty of scope for speculation here. 
Is it my imagination, or was there less of Neville in HBP than usual? 

Kneasy