Harry and the Dursleys

[mlle_bienvenu]

No: HPFGUIDX 54631

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maidne" <maidne at y...> wrote:
> In SS, when Vernon and Petunia don't want to leave Harry home alone 
> because they might come back and find the house blown up, I always 
> assumed that they thought HARRY would be the one who would blow it 
> up.  I'm sure that's what Harry thought, too.  But yesterday it 
> suddenly occurred to me that they were afraid of VOLDEMORT coming 
> around and blowing up the house, if Harry was in it alone.  Same 
with 
> the car.  After all, they knew that James and Lily (and their 
house) 
> were blown up.  Anyway, that made me think that maybe it isn't 
really 
> Number 4 Privet Drive that's the protection, but physically being 
> with his relatives that keeps Harry safe.  OK, everyone but me 
> probably already knew that.  I'll go back to lurking now.  :)
> 
> Susan

I was just thinking the same exact thing last night while rereading 
SS. That would partially explain why the Dursley's feel like Harry is 
such a burden to them, they have to constantly be in the vicinity of 
him (and they hate magic) They must feel even more tied down than 
they would if they just had to take care of him.  However, they are 
not concerned with Harry's welfare, but rather for their things (they 
were concerned about their -house- and their -car- being blown up) 
Which makes me wonder, what were they going to do when Dudley and 
Harry were no longer in school together? (If he hadn't gotten his 
Hogwarts Letter) Dudley was going off to Smeltings while Harry was 
going to somewhere else. Since he would no longer be in the company 
of a family member, would that have put the other school in danger of 
a Death Eater attack?

Mlle Bienvenu