Usually when Eliezer writes the words “a voice” it occurs in a phrase like “he said in a voice so malevolent it could boil kittens’ tears”. Occasionally he writes “a voice” just because the person whose perspective he’s writing from doesn’t know who was speaking, like “asked a voice from clear across the room” or “shouted a voice somewhere in the mists of the battlefield”. This doesn’t look like either of those. It’s not a strong clue, but to me it points in the direction of Eliezer intentionally not naming who spoke, in order to keep it a secret from the reader for the moment.
Or maybe I’m getting carried away hoping there’s an invisible time-turned Harry there to save the day.
Usually when Eliezer writes the words “a voice” it occurs in a phrase like “he said in a voice so malevolent it could boil kittens’ tears”. Occasionally he writes “a voice” just because the person whose perspective he’s writing from doesn’t know who was speaking, like “asked a voice from clear across the room” or “shouted a voice somewhere in the mists of the battlefield”. This doesn’t look like either of those. It’s not a strong clue, but to me it points in the direction of Eliezer intentionally not naming who spoke, in order to keep it a secret from the reader for the moment.
Or maybe I’m getting carried away hoping there’s an invisible time-turned Harry there to save the day.