Odp: [HPforGrownups] Lily Evans

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 10640

Monika Zaboklicka wrote:

> There's one thing I can't understand, though - why Dumbledore didn't talk to
> the Dursleys? Why did he only leave the letter?

Because they could have said no. Driven by social convention as they are, when
faced with an infant relative abandoned on the doorstep, with no means to
contact those who left him, and nowhere else to dump him, they had no choice.
And Dumbledore had laid the groundwork for Harry to be protected there. However,
if they'd had a person to talk to, they would have managed to refuse. At least,
that's my take.

--Amanda