[HPforGrownups] Another Dursley Question

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No: HPFGUIDX 46389

In a message dated 11/9/02 1:50:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
amberhillcrest at yahoo.com writes:

> There are several instances in which the Dursleys send Harry gifts.  The one 
> that comes to mind is the tissue and I think that they also gave Harry one 
> of Vernon's old socks. I am wondering how the Dursleys got the gifts to 
> Hogarts in the first place.  They wouldn't use Owl Post because they don't 
> like magic and even if they didn't feel that way, they don't even have an 
> Owl with which to send anything.  They can't use regular mail because as 
> Hermione explained, any Muggle who looks at Hogwarts will just see an 
> abandoned house.  
> 
> So, how do they get the gifts to him?  
> 
> I apologize if this has been brought up before.  I am trying to make a 
> connection between the gift-giving and the speculation about the role of 
> the Dursleys in Book 5.  

I think I remember reading somewhere that Muggles could mail gifts, letters, 
etc. to a certain place (a post office I suppose) and then the Wizards would 
Owl them to students.  While it makes sense to me, I'm not quite sure if it's 
real or I just imagined it.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
"Death is more universal than life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives."


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