McGonagall's Presence on Privet Drive (WAS mcGonagall's Disloyalty)

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 30229

Gabriel wrote:

> You know, I didn't buy into this theory when I first read it, but I 
listened to this chapter in the shower this morning (can't read in 
the water, can ya?) it starts to look very odd in light of book three.
> 
> WHY was McGonagall there? She is asking Dumbledore if it's true 
that V is gone and the Potters are dead. So, she's way out of the 
loop, right? So WHY is she at the Dursleys looking at them to see 
what type of people they are? As far she she knows, the baby would go 
to Sirius Black, right? No one knows (per PoA) that Sirius is "the 
traitor" yet. Except possibly Dumbledore, which is why he tells 
Hagrid to bring the baby to him at the Dursleys and not give him to 
Sirius. So how does McGonagall know that Sirius isn't getting the 
baby and the Dursleys are if she's so out of the loop?
> 

I think that McGonagall isn't entirely in or out of the loop.  I 
think Dumbledore probably delegated to her the task of arranging the 
special protection surrounding Harry.  You know, contacting Mrs. Figg 
and her band of cats, conjuring a house that smells like cats, aging 
Mrs. Figg up with Aging Potion.  

Perhaps Dumbledore told McGonagall what to do with a cursory owl post 
letter such that McGonagall didn't have the chance to ask questions 
about whether the Potters were really dead.  So she knows Harry isn't 
going to Sirius, she needs to hear Dumbledore confirm that they are 
really dead, and she is sitting on Privet Drive as a cat because she 
knows when and where the protections are going to be put in place.

Cindy