[HPforGrownups] Professor Arabella Figg

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 16561

ESJ wrote:

> Also, my friend pointed this out this morning, Mrs. Figg must have
> known that Harry was a wizard, but how come she never really acted as
> excited as the other wizards and witches in the community about Harry?

It's been proposed that Arabella Figg was actually living near the
Dursleys "on assignment," keeping an eye on Harry. My guess is that, if
this were true, she didn't act excited for the same reason she never
said anything about his past or "what he was" to him....it was the
Dursley's place to do that, they were his family (how could she know how
badly they treated him?). Also, if she was supposed to be incognito
(which is the only thing I can imagine her being, since the Dursleys
allowed her to keep Harry), she really *couldn't* say anything.

I'm rambling. Sorry. Did it make sense?

--Amanda


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