Why Harry stay with the Dursley's

[Doreen Rich]

No: HPFGUIDX 19885

Harry must have given them his address ... as Molly Weasley sent him 
that letter with all the stamps on it.

Doreen


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Scott" <insanus_scottus at y...> wrote:
> M. Barnett wrote:
> "Someone wondered how the Weasley's knew where to find Harry.  I 
have 
> a theory on this also ... 
> 
> "It is quite possible that the Weasley's knew how and where to find 
> Harry because Dumbledore allowed them to find Harry.  We all know, 
> especially from the end of GoF, that Dumbledore trusts the 
Weasley's, 
> so it would make sense that he would send them to "rescue" Harry 
from 
> Privet Drive."
> 
> --Ah...no. Maybe I'm confused, but I'm going to assume you're 
talking 
> about CoS first and foremost. I don't understand why you'd think 
that 
> Dumbledore sent them on in an illegal enchanted car to steal him 
> apparently without permission. Though with Dumbledore I suppose it 
> *is* possible. Hmmm...
> 
> Why is it that people assume that no one know where Harry stays in 
> the summer months. The Weasleys obviously know though since Harry 
> told them, and the same for Hermione, maybe not the exact location 
at 
> first. Voldy knows too.
> 
> It might not have been in the Daily Prophet with a map when Dumbly 
> first put Harry on the doorstep, but I see no reason to think that 
> people couldn't find out if they wished to do so. I also see the 
> flipside which that Harry's home could have been swamped with 
> grateful wizards all trying to get a look at "The-Boy-Who-Lived" in 
> his infancy.
> 
> Hmmm
> 
> Scott