SecretKeeper needed at the Dursley's house

[Susan Atherton]

No: HPFGUIDX 48859

> In a message dated 25/12/2002 04:40:19 Eastern Standard Time,
> noir_l at yahoo.com writes:
>
>
> > "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) <catlady at wicca.net>" <catlady at wicca.net>
> > wrote:
> > I can do no better than to quote Steve bboy_mn: "Just one problem,
> > Harry's wearabouts is not a secret. ... So, there couldn't be a
> > secret keeper because it's obviously wasn't kept secret."
> >
> >
> > Everybody knows he is at Hogwarts. But does everybody know about where
he
> > spends his summers at the Dursley's? Some people know but there is no
> > evidence that the wizarding world knows about the Dursleys and that that
is
> > the place where Harry stays for the summer. Voldemort could easily kill
him
> > there, so he would need a secret keeper to hide him while he was there.
> > Besides, a secret keeper just hides the appearance of a person--they
become
> > invisible to the person seeking them out unless the secret keeper gives
> > them away. In the book it said that Voldemort could be looking right in
the
> > window and never see him. He is safe at Hogwarts but the Dursley house
> > needs some protection too especially when Harry is there.
>
 Moi: People might not know the names of the Dursleys, but they definitely
know Harry lives with them, and not just Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore etc. In
CoS, someone (memory eludes me and book has disappeared somewhere) says
either to Harry or he overhears - oh, actually, it's coming back. I think
it's Ernie MacMillan and he says to Harry when Harry finds them in the
library talking about him, "But don't you hate those Muggles you live with?"
or something along those lines. Therefore, people must know he lives with
Muggles beyond his immediate circle, if a casual friend like Ernie knows. I
would imagine one of Hermione's books has information about Harry in it, and
finishes with "Young Harry now lives with the Muggle family of his mother."
etc - not giving away the names or locations of the Dursleys, but giving the
famous Harry Potter lovin crowd a bit more info on their favourite boy.


> which brings up another question- How did random wizards and witches
identify
> Harry unless someone in the WW was providing information?
>

I would imagine another thing in Hermione's books on Harry (Hermione seems
to be a bit of a stalker if I have my way, lol) would be the fact that
Voldemort's AK left a cut on Harry's forehead that became a scar exactly the
shape of a lightening bolt. After all, Ron knew he had it, didn't he?

Susan
grinning as she realises another month is nearly over, and OotP is one month
closer