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I'm reading Japanese Harry Potter (賢者の石）I am nearly at the end and there is
this grammar that I have encountered twice so far that I have no idea how to
interpret. The two sentences with this grammar that I have found:

  1. 男が、街中でハリーとしっかり握手までしてそのまま一言も言わずに立ち去った。
  2. ちょうどあの日にクイレルに会っているし、「漏れ鍋」で握手までしたじゃないか。

My attempted translation would be:

1: In the middle of town, a man shook hands firmly with Harry and then left
without saying a single word. 2: It was that very same day when he met Quirrel
at Leaky Cauldron and shook hands with him (wasn't it?).

I find it strange that both times this structure was paired with the word 握手
although I feel like that's probably just a coincidence.

I have no idea what the までして (I'm assuming it's from までする) means here. Using
まで as "until" makes no sense to me here and using the meaning "even" which
apparently まで can have as well makes little sense to me either. Any help is
appreciated, thank you.
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What's the meaning of ~までして/までした in these sentences
Both まで basically means "even". 握手までする means "even to shake hands", "to bother
to shake hands", "to go as far as to shake hands" etc.

The second sentence is straightforward:

> ちょうどあの日にクイレルに会っているし、「漏れ鍋」で握手までしたじゃないか。  
>  You've met Quirrell on that very day, and you even shook hands (with him)
> at _Leaky Cauldron_!

I understand it's a little difficult to use _even_ directly in the first
sentence, but "he **even** shook hands (and...)" is the basic meaning. You may
rephrase it like "even though he shook hands" or "after even shaking hands".
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