Sometimes I wonder about putting future information into my readings. The first time I read this chapter, this exchange really didn\u2019t mean anything to me:<\/p>\n
“Yess,<\/i>” hissed Harry. “Would never break promisse.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
The snake seemed to hold still, as though in shock, and then began to sway again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Later on, based on things we read in future chapters, it becomes very likely that a snake-listener can detect the truth-value of a statement spoken in Parseltounge in some magical way, and this sentence suddenly makes a LOT of sense, and becomes much more important. In my recording of this scene, I placed a good deal of emotional emphasis on this line, much more than I would have if I didn\u2019t have this knowledge from future chapters. I\u2019m not sure if that was a good thing to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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