Chapter Discussions: Chapter 3, the Advance Guard

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mongo62aa" <mongo62aa at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <Ali at z...> wrote:
> , and gone into hiding.
> 
> The MoM does not seem to care that he has moved to a new location, 
> so how hard would it have been to send a letter telling him that a 
> group of friends was coming to pick him up?
> 
> Bill

I suppose they couldn't've sent  a letter as whoever sent the 
dementors to attack Harry would be watching the house/post to it - 
presumably, despite being safe inside the house, owls to the house 
could be intercepted?  As they were very protective of him whilst 
flying  to grimmauld Place, warning him - and possibly others - of 
this journey would have been very dangerous.

I agree that just massing downstairs was a bit of a mistake - perhaps 
lupin could have gone upstairs and spoken to Harry before any noise - 
though probably the crash from Tonk's clumsiness wasn't expected!  

I agree that Harry was fully entitled to be very scared - and in fact 
to believe that it was something worse than  burglars downstairs.  

As regards Harry's cleanliness, there is rather a funny article in 
the LTC at the moment about Harry not ever washing: and all the 
references to him simply getting up and dressing, no mention of 
baths/showers: I suppose we must preume that he gets washed on the 
days when his 'getting out of bed' routine isn't discussed - I hope 
so!  We ca't expect all such details to be noted of course.