[HPforGrownups] Re: why Harry lives with the Dursleys

[idouright2 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30704

In a message dated 12/3/2001 12:02:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ftah3 at yahoo.com writes:


> In GoF, LV states that he couldn't get at Harry while Harry lived 
> with the Dursleys because Dumbledore had done something so that Harry 
> would be protected so long as he resided with blood relatives.  Don't 
> have the tome with me, so I can't quote a page number, but it's 
> toward the end, during one of Voldemort's monologues to the Death 
> Eaters, before he and Harry duel.
> 

I just finished reading GoF so now I can read all the posts without being 
afraid of reading spoilers! And this goes with another topic I read a while 
ago about the Put Outer. Towards the end of the book, when Ms. Weasley asks 
if Harry can spend all summer with them. Dumbledore replies that Harry should 
spend some time with the Dursley's...and after 20 minute of searching I can't 
find the part. Maybe he put a spell around Privet Drive with the put-outer as 
some of you were hinting at earlier? If so this would explain alot like why 
You-Know-Who couldn't get him before the Quidditch World Cup as it would of 
been much easier, etc. Sorry if someone has already hatched this but I'm 
trying to catch up with the posts.

-step


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]