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[pippin_999]

Thanks for the analysis, Kneasy! I hope it  won't seem ungrateful to
provide a couple of quibbles.

> Why was there no reaction when Harry and Quirrell shake hands in the  
> Leaky Cauldron, even though Quirrell states "He is with me wherever I  
> go."? Can the protection distinguish between evil and evil intent and  
> react accordingly?

Pippin:
Quirrell was not possessed at this point, since he had not yet donned
the turban.   Dark Mark bearers can touch Harry --Wormtail 
hits him, Fake!Moody supports him as he's being led to the DADA office, 
and Snape grabs him in the Pensieve, then throws him on the floor of
his office.

Kneasy:
> However, the relative importance of the events at GH on the main plot  
> was underlined when the Q&A session from last year's Book Festival in  
> Edinburgh was reproduced in the 'News' section of her website. The  
> 'hint' was not prompted by a question, she volunteered it, indeed  
> seemed a touch concerned that nobody was asking it - "Why didn't  
> Voldy die at GH? The killing curse rebounded, so he should have died.  
> Why didn't he?"
> 
> "Hossclucks!" shouts Carolyn from the sidelines.
> And this is the gist of what's in HBP.
> But Jo asked this question after HBP had been published.
> Why? There was no need to, was there?
> And though it might explain why he didn't actually die there are  
> still a lot of other things up in the air.

Pippin:
You've got your timeline scrambled. Jo originally asked this question
at the Book Fair in Edinborough in 2004. She repeated it in 2005
after HBP had been published, when she was asked if there was
a question  she had expected would be asked which had not been.
But she said that those who had finished reading HBP now knew
the answer.

Pippin