[HPforGrownups] Re: Toothpick and un-invitation to Privet Drive

[Ravenclaw Black]

No: HPFGUIDX 77397


>
> > I'm re-reading CoS. Harry gets a toothpick for Xmas from the
> > Dursley's with a note asking him to see if he can stay at Hogwarts
> > for the summer holidays, too
> <snip>
> > What the h*** is Petunia thinking? Is this a FLINT? Since OoP we
> know
> > that Petunia knows Harry has to come home to keep LV off his back,
> > and we also know that Petunia has completely (if grudingly)
> accepted
> > this burden. Are we to assume she had nothing to do with the note,
> > that it was from Vernon Dursley and not "the Dursleys?"
>
> sebfish5:
>
> Harry would be just as safe as Hogwarts as long as Albus Dumbledore
> is there, but obviously, Dumbledore wants his own holiday, but you
> can't blame Petunia and the Dursleys for trying.
>
> me, Occam:
>
> Nope, can't blame her, but doesn't Harry  have to be there once a
> year to preserve the protection with Petunia? If she succeeded in
> getting Harry to stay at Hogwarts for the summer, wouldn't that mean
> that AD became HP's only safe haven, and that the Petunia protection
> would be lost forever?
>
> -- Occam
>

Based on what we know about the Dursleys, I don't see any reason that 
they wouldn't want to hand over Harry to Dumbledore.  It would be a 
great weight off their shoulders and they wouldn't have to worry about 
what the neighbors think anymore.


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