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Chapter Three:
The Advance Guard
Synopsis by Maureen Knight
Notes and links by Michele L. Worley
U.S. hardcover edition: pages 42 - 58
U.K. hardcover edition: pages 43 - 57
U.K. paperback edition: pages 52 - 70
Timeframe:
Monday 2 August - Friday 6 August,
1995
[Y15]
In which Harry is rescued from number four Privet Drive,
Remus Lupin and Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody are
reintroduced, and Harry meets Nymphadora Tonks for the
first time.
Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:
Our introduction to the members of the Order of the Phoenix.
On the fourth night after Hedwig's departure...
Remus Lupin stood nearest to him. Though still quite young, Lupin looked
tired and rather ill...
...his robes were patched and shabbier than ever.
She looked the youngest there; she had a pale heart-shaped face,
dark twinkling eyes, and short spiky hair that was a
violent shade of violet. "Wotcher, Harry!"
...a bald black wizard standing furthest back - he had a deep
slow voice and wore a single gold hoop in his ear - "he
looks exactly like James."
"Except the eyes," said a wheezy-voiced, silver-haired
wizard at the back. "Lily's eyes."
"Unless anyone brought any Veritaserum?"
"Harry, what form does your Patronus take?"
...stowing his wand in the back pocket of his jeans as he came.
"Don't put your wand there, boy!" roared Moody.
"What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost
buttocks, you know!"
"Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?"
"Elementary wand-safety, nobody bothers about it anymore."
"Lucky, ha!" said the violet-haired woman. "It
was me who lured them out of the way. Set a letter by Muggle
post telling them they'd been short-listed for the All-England
Best-Kept Suburban Lawn Competition. They're heading off to the
prize-giving right now...or they think they are."
...motioning Harry towards the kitchen; the little knot of wizards
followed, all still eyeing Harry curiously.
Characters introduced in this chapter:
Characters returning in this chapter:
Characters mentioned in this chapter:
Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:
Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:
Exceptional character moments:
Mad-Eye Moody's it's-not-paranoia-if-they-really-are-out-to-get-you
precautions about verifying Harry's identity.
Mad-Eye Moody's remarks on elementary wand-safety. It's a pity he'd had
about enough of Hogwarts after the previous year, and didn't feel like
taking the
Defence Against the Dark Arts
post for real this year.
Spells and Potions:
Links and Resources:
Memorable lines:
"Don't put your wand there, boy!" roared Moody.
"What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost
buttocks, you know!"
"Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?" the violet-haired
woman asked Mad-Eye interestedly.
"And I saw that," he added irritably, as the woman rolled
her eyes towards the ceiling.
Strictly British:
Timelines/Calendar:
The chapter picks up later on the same night as the previous chapter, so it
begins on 2 August
(see Reader's Guide for OP1
for why the day of the week is given as a Monday). Since the
Advance Guard arrives on the fourth night after that, their
arrival occurred on 6 August. The bulk of the action of the
chapter takes place after their arrival, and the chapter ends
that same night.
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