Dumbledore's Decision and the Explanation for it we have yet to see

[dumbledad]

No: HPFGUIDX 41226

--- Richelle wrote:
> My only explanation was in relation to the dementors.  If they 
were going to
> be after Harry for one reason or another, and are only attracted 
to happy
> memories/ thoughts, etc. 

Hi All,

And perhaps the dementors did try to attack Harry in Privet drive. 
PS c 3 p 28:

"Harry spent as much time as possible out of the house, wandering 
around"

"Mrs Figg wasn't as bad as usual. It turned out she'd broken her leg 
tripping over one of her cats and she didn't seem quite as fond of 
them as before. She let Harry watch television and gave him a bit of 
chocolate cake"

To misquote Madam Pomfrey, we've finally got a neighbour who knows 
her remedies. Perhaps the cat explanation is a ruse and Arabella 
broke her leg tackling a dementor. She may be fearful that it got 
close enough to Harry to sap his energy - hence the chocolate cake. 
Of course she'd report the incident back to Dumbledore and less than 
a page later (one day) his invite to Hogwarts appears in the post. 
Dumbledore and McGonagall must have panicked that Privet Drive was 
not as safe as they thought: he's protected from he-who-must-not-be-
named there, but not from dementors (Voldemort's natural allies GoF 
p 564).


          Cheers,



           Tim.