[HPforGrownups] Two problems in the very first chapter

[Calypso8604 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28690

In a message dated 11/3/01 12:56:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
prefectmarcus at yahoo.com writes:


> (1) Dumbledore says he passed several parties and celebrations on the 
> way to Privet Drive.  If he apparated there, does that mean the 
> effect is not instantaneous?  Or does this mean he came in stages?  

I don't believe it actually stated that Dumbledore apparated. It just says as 
if he appeared from thin air. That's not to say that he *did*...

> 
> (2) McGonagall complained about wizard folk appearing in broad 
> daylight not wearing muggle clothing.  How would she know that?  She 
> had been sitting on that wall all day.  True, she had heard a muggle 
> newscast, but Great Britian is hardly that stodgey that a group of 
> people wearing strange clothing makes the evening news.  If she saw a 
> bunch of magic-folk in Privet Drive, what does that say about the 
> ratio of wizards to muggles?  I could understand if Privet Drive was 
> near a major shopping area, but I always understood it to be a quiet 
> backwater.
> 

McGonagall was listening to the Dursleys all day. That day Vernon ran into 
people in 
cloaks and they said funny stuff. Later he commeneted to Petunia about it. 
McGonagall overheard that. 



~ Calypso





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