Why was McGonagall in Privet Drive?

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 30372

> > 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? 
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> So how does McGonagall know that Sirius isn't getting the baby and 
> the Dursleys are if she's so out of the loop? personally i think 
> that JKR hadn't decided what she was going to do and wanted to 
> introduce characters with a bang and the transfiguration thing 
> is great (obviously so that the movie had to do it more than it's 
> done in the book) 
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(Can't locate either email to find out who wrote these, sorry)

When Dumbledore and McGonagall first start talking, Dumbledore asks McGonagall if Hagrid told her that he (Dumbledore) would be in Privet Drive. She said that Hagrid had, so we can presume that she didn't actually know where Dumbledore was going to be. She had heard the rumours about LV disappearing and about how, but did not know if they were true so it seems she was seeking Dumbledore to find out about these, not because of Harry going there. She was told by Hagrid that he would be there (although she does not know why because she is VERY surprised when Dumbledore says he is bringing Harry to live with his Muggle relatives). She also did not know when Dumbledore would turn up, hence her waiting on a wall all day. 

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