HBP - spoilers - that textbook

[fhmaneely]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
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> > So I'd like to think that textbook was certainly there when TR 
was 
> > at Hogwarts. Was it actually his, or was Hermione right that it 
> > belonged to Eileen Prince? Either way, it's interesting that TR 
and 
> > Miss Prince went to school together.
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 > Harry did say, "In spite of the increasing nastiness of those 
> > scribbled spells, he had refused to believe ill of the boy who 
had 
> > been so clever, who had helped so much....." (US, chap. 30, p. 
638). 
> > Now that sounds like someone we all know and love after meeting 
TR 
> > in HBP, doesn't it? Increasing nastiness under a veneer of 
> > cleverness and helpfulness. Hmmmm.
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> Good thinking; useful for folk grasping at straws.
> If the book did belong to Miss Prince, and if the family were broke,
> wouldn't it be likely that her textbooks would be re-used by her
> beloved off-spring?
> 
> And if her textbooks with interesting marginal notes where propping
> up the wobbly kitchen table, might this be how Sevvy learned all
> that Dark Magic that Sirius accused him of?
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> And just to round off the tale, if in the RoR Harry finds an old 
desk
> with "Eileen luvs Tom" inscribed on it, then we'll know where the 
spells
> came from.
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> Kneasy

I think Harry liking the HBP without knowing his true identity is 
rather ironic. From the get-go, Harry has always felt ill will 
towards Snape. All these years of doing horrible in potions, only to 
do well under the indirect guidance of Sanpe and Mom. I agree, this 
was probably Eileen's book and she passed it down to Snape.

Eileen luvs Tom???? LMAO!!!!

Regards,
Fran