[HPforGrownups] Re: My Theory: Petunia/"That Boy"

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In a message dated 8/10/2003 5:34:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, KathyK writes:

<<Actually, I finally concluded that Petunia was lying through her teeth with that phrase and that she just said she heard James talking about it to Lily because she needed to cover the slip up she'd just made in front of her family that would have shown she was in contact with wizards after taking Harry in.>>  

I agree. I thought, with words to describe her speech like "jerkily," that Petunia was simply lying.

Here's what I think:

Petunia has had to keep in touch with DD, at DD's orders, and in secret so as to not upset Vernon. She hasn't liked it, but DD has told her all about Azkaban and the Dementors, so she fears him enough to follow his orders. 

Perhaps she does have a questionable wizarding family past and could be a potential inmate at Azkaban if she breaks this rule, at least DD tells her so. Why else would she seem to know so little about the WW (or be able to feign ignorance about it), but still have evident knowledge of Azkaban? Harry was actively involved in the WW for a couple of years without knowing of Azkaban.

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