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An intersting point just came to my attention form one of the mailing lists I'm on ref Chapter 27.
Spoilers behind the cut.
I just read an interesting thing on one of my lists, and checked it against my copies... there is a possibly significant difference between the US and UK editions in the scene between Dumbledore and Draco in chapter 27.
The UK edition reads: (AD speaking)
'Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her likewise. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban ... when the time comes we can protect him too ... come over to the right side, Draco ... you are not a killer ...'
The US edition though says:
"He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her likewise. Nobody would be surprised that you had died in your attempt to kill me - forgive me, but Lord Voldemort probably expects it. Nor would the Death Eaters be surprised that we had captured and killed your mother - it is what they would do themselves, after all. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban ... when the time comes we can protect him too ... come over to the right side, Draco ... you are not a killer ...'
This may throw somewhat of a different slant on Dumbledore's apparent death. It sounds to me like maybe the Order has used this trick before, so maybe someone else we think is dead really isn't? Only JKR knows for sure I guess. I'd love to know which edition was supposed to be the final draft.
Argh... Two more years of this speculation until book 7. I'll be completely nuts by then.
Spoilers behind the cut.
I just read an interesting thing on one of my lists, and checked it against my copies... there is a possibly significant difference between the US and UK editions in the scene between Dumbledore and Draco in chapter 27.
The UK edition reads: (AD speaking)
'Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her likewise. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban ... when the time comes we can protect him too ... come over to the right side, Draco ... you are not a killer ...'
The US edition though says:
"He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine. What is more, I can send members of the Order to your mother tonight to hide her likewise. Nobody would be surprised that you had died in your attempt to kill me - forgive me, but Lord Voldemort probably expects it. Nor would the Death Eaters be surprised that we had captured and killed your mother - it is what they would do themselves, after all. Your father is safe at the moment in Azkaban ... when the time comes we can protect him too ... come over to the right side, Draco ... you are not a killer ...'
This may throw somewhat of a different slant on Dumbledore's apparent death. It sounds to me like maybe the Order has used this trick before, so maybe someone else we think is dead really isn't? Only JKR knows for sure I guess. I'd love to know which edition was supposed to be the final draft.
Argh... Two more years of this speculation until book 7. I'll be completely nuts by then.