From: bdesham@gmail.com   
      
   Steve Morrison wrote:   
      
   > Benjamin Esham wrote:   
   >   
   > > This may be a dumb question... in Gringotts, when the goblin   
   > > receptionist asks Hermione-as-Bellatrix for her wand... wasn't it just   
   > > stated that the trio has Bellatrix's wand? What's the problem with   
   > > presenting it for inspection?   
   >   
   > The Gringotts goblins knew that Bellatrix's wand had been stolen,   
   > according to Griphook.   
      
   Then why couldn't Hermione just say "sorry, it was stolen" or something to   
   that effect? Hmm.   
      
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   Benjamin D. Esham  |  bdesham@gmail.com  |  www.bdesham.info   
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