Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Chapter Nine:
A Place to Hide

'Look, this will do, in here!'

Notes by Michele L. Worley
Page editor Belinda Hobbs

U.S. hardcover edition: pages 160 - 175
U.K. hardcover edition: pages 134 - 145
Timeframe: 1 August, 1997 [Y17]

In which HRH flee the Death Eaters by Apparating to Tottenham Court Road, Hermione's handbag turns out to have hidden depths, and HRH go to a Muggle café to plan their next move. Dolohov and Rowle arrive, they duel, and after cleaning up Harry recommends hiding out in Grimmauld Place.

Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:

I've never done a Memory Charm.

Technically true; his backfiring wand's effect on Lockhart at the end of his second year was accidental.

"Nor have I," said Hermione, "but I know the theory."

But just days before (DH6), she described in some detail how she had made her parents forget her existence and had given them memories of false identities instead.

The Trace breaks at seventeen, that's wizarding law, you can't put it on an adult.

It sounds to me as though Ron is confusing two different issues here - that using the Trace on an adult is illegal, as opposed to whether it is possible.

Number twelve was visible to them, for they had been told of its existence by Dumbledore, its Secret-Keeper

That sounds to me as though the Fidelius Charm is still in operation, even though the Secret-Keeper is dead. This was discussed a little in DH6.

Characters introduced in this chapter:

• (unnamed) group of merry pub-goers

• (unnamed) late-night revelers

• (unnamed) laughing woman

• (unnamed) wolf-whistling men

• (unnamed) waitress

• (unnamed) girl being yelled at by the whistling men

• Rowle, Thorfinn
  A Death Eater teamed with Dolohov; together they are passing as a pair of burly workmen.

Characters returning in this chapter:

• Black, Walburga (Sirius' mother's portrait, not the woman herself)

• Dolohov, Antonin

• Granger, Hermione

• Lupin, Remus

• Potter, Harry

• Tonks, Nymphadora

• Weasley, Ronald ("Ron")

Characters mentioned in this chapter:

• Black, Sirius

• Dumbledore, Albus

• Malfoy, Draco

• Moody, Alastor ("Mad-Eye")

• Nagini

• Riddle, Tom (as Voldemort)

• Snape, Severus

• Weasley, Arthur

• Weasley, Ginny

Settings and locations introduced or returning in this chapter:

• Burrow, the

• London

  • Tottenham Court Road - café

  • number twelve, Grimmauld Place

Settings and locations mentioned in this chapter:

• Granger house

• Leaky Cauldron

Exceptional character moments:

• Voldemort (or Tom Riddle, as you prefer), forcing Draco Malfoy to torture Rowle.

Spells:

• Apparition

• Avada Kedavra (referred to as an option)

• binding/fastening magic (ropes)

• Crucio (not mentioned explicitly, but magical torture is being used)

• Diffindo

• Disapparition

• Expecto Patronum

• Expulso

• Extension Charm, Undetectable

• Fidelius Charm (and Secret-Keeper)

• Homenum revelio

• messenger spell

• Obliviate (Memory Charm)

• Petrificus Totalus

• Protego

• Stupefy

• Tongue-Tying Curse

• Trace (mentioned)

• wand sparks

• (non-verbal) closing curtains over portrait

• unnamed protective enchantments on the Burrow

• unnamed streak of light

• unnamed jinxes against Snape

Links and Resources:

• Bestiary

  • house-elf

  • troll

• Black family tree

• blood status

• clothing (dress robes)

• Death Eaters

• items and devices

  • cloak, invisibility

  • Deluminator

  • handbag, Hermione's

  • pictures with moving subjects (portraits, wanted posters)

  • wands

• Legilimency

• Ministry of Magic

• Occlumency

• Order of the Phoenix

• Polyjuice Potion

Memorable lines:

• "Oh, damn, that'll be the books," she said, peering into it, "and I had them all stacked by subject..."
  [Where can I get one of those? - MLW]

Strictly British:

• building society savings

• double-decker bus

• fancy

• have a go

• pub

• rucksack

Timelines/Calendar:

The same day as the previous chapter, so it is 1 August.