Vernon knowing Dumbledore

[jennifer.k at lycos.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14761


  "I´m not paying for some crackpot old fool to teach him magic 
tricks!"

These are Vernons words in the beginning of Philosophers Stone. How 
much does this tell abut his doings with Dumbledore? That he has, in 
fact, met him? How would he know that Dumbledore is, in fact, all 
this - now, *I* do love Dumbledore... - but if I was a less tolerant 
person, I might find him being the things mentioned. I hardly think 
the information in the letter that came along with harry gave away 
information about Dumbledores characterstics - at least not about his 
age? 

 Of course, it could be Petunia who has told him - then she would be 
the one to know quite a lot about the wizarding world. But is it Lily 
who has talk to her about Dumbledore in terms like 
these? ..."crackpot old fool"? In a very humourus way, maybe - but 
no, did the have such a relationship? I have to doubt it a bit...

...what do you think?

/Jennifer