Petunia

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 31193

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "SWman19" <swman19 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cornflower_o_shea" <tenpinkpiggies at h...> 
> wrote:
> > Aurora wrote:
> > Dudley tattles and it says that Petunia knew he 
> > > hadn't realy done any magic. How could she know for sure, so 
> > quickly, without investigating?
> > 
> > Perhaps because her sister went to Hogwarts, so she knows he is not 
> > allowed to use magic.

> Yeah but if she knew that Harry couldn't use magic, then why does it 
> say they were afraid of him doing some.  The first Uncle Veron hears 
> of him not being able to do magic is when he gets the offical letter 
> from the Minestry of Magic

Certainly, up until Uncle Vernon got that letter, the Dursleys thought that 
Harry could do magic during summers.  Not only did Lily do magic during 
summers (teacups into toads), but they also believe that Harry (not Dobby) 
was responsible for the crash of the fancy dessert on the night of the 
Dursleys' dinner party at the beginning of CoS.