[HPforGrownups] Why I lurk AND a question

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 17432

Hallie Usmar wrote:

> Lea said
> 'But, as I am writing I can ask a question that came up last night
> when I was listening to PS (Stephen Fry). I had not thought about it,
> but why is it people from Hogwarts who leave Harry at the Dursleys.
> Why not someone from Ministry of Magic?'

> This is just my theory, but having witnessed Cornelius Fudge's
> inadequacies at Minister of Magic in books three and four, and
> assuming Fudge was MoM at the time of Lily and James' death, I think
> its entirely feasible to suggest
> that Dumbledore felt that the Ministry would probably send Harry to an
> orphanage, and the general assumption is that Harry is safe at the
> Dursleys thanks to 'blood magic', so obviously, Dumbledore would want
> him to be with relatives.  So, Hogwarts took over, presumably to
> prevent any Ministry
> blunders (and lets face it, beaurocrats have their fair share of
> blunders).

Perhaps part of that "lost day" saw Dumbledore off arguing this very
point with Fudge...? Before he spent the time to set up the protection,
which I also think took part of that time?

--Amanda


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