[HPforGrownups] McGonagall's Disloyalty

[Calypso8604 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30256

In a message dated 11/27/2001 11:31:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
feycat at feycat.net writes:


> >>McGonagall was waiting in Privet Drive so she could meet Dumbledore 
> (Hagrid told her he was coming).<<
> 
> No she wasn't. Why would she be surprised that he recognized her then? Why 
> was she incognito from him if she were waiting for him - wouldn't she have 
> transfigured right when he showed up?

I think she was just waiting for him to get to her end of the street before 
she transfigured. It was probably written like that so McGonagall's 
transfiguration seemed more dramatic. 

> 
> 
> 
> 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 don't believe it has ever been mentioned who knew what. We know Dumbledore 
probably suspected one of James' friends and ordered Hagrid to bring Harry to 
Privet Drive. We know Hagrid told Minerva that Dumbledore was coming. She 
said "Hagrid said you were coming." (not verbatim, I don't have the first 
half of SS as my sister ripped those pages off). McGonagall went to wait 
where Hagrid said Dumbledore was coming. Being the smart person she is, she 
figured that the Dursleys were of some importance but she didn't know what. 
After spending the day waiting at their house and observing them she is 
appalled to hear Dumbledore sugggest leaving Harry with them.

~ Calypso


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