[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's Decision and the Explanation for it we have yet to see

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 41261

Tim writes:

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

Oh, I like that theory!  I always wondered about that chocolate cake.  If
Mrs. Figg never gave Harry sweets before, how did breaking her leg make her
suddenly want to feed him junk food?  And since it was *chocolate* cake that
does point to the "recover from dementor" thing.  It would also explain her
"spoiling" him a little (why, she even let him watch tv!), if she was
relieved that a dementor didn't get to him.

Richelle