Quando Voldemort atingiu Harry com a maldição da morte, o próprio Voldemort foi derrubado / inconsciente.
Had Voldemort, too, collapsed? It seemed like it. And both of them had fallen briefly unconscious and both of them had now returned ...
‘My Lord, let me –’
‘I do not require assistance,’ said Voldemort coldly, and though he could not see it, Harry pictured Bellatrix withdrawing a helpful hand. ‘The boy ... is he dead?’
Desde que o próprio Voldemort entrou em colapso e se recuperou, é natural que ele verifique e certifique-se de que Harry não sofreu o mesmo destino que ele.
There was complete silence in the clearing. Nobody approached Harry, but he felt their concentrated gaze, it seemed to press him harder into the ground, and he was terrified a finger or an eyelid might twitch.
‘You,’ said Voldemort, and there was a bang and a small shriek of pain. ‘Examine him. Tell me whether he is dead.’
A multidão de Comensais da Morte também estava se perguntando se Harry realmente havia morrido, e ficaram nervosos depois de verem Voldemort entrar em colapso.