Heartless Dursleys

[Macha <monkshoodgardens@cox.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52903

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "GRACE701 <grace701 at y...>" 
<grace701 at y...> wrote:

> <snip>
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> 
>  This reminds me of how in PoA, 
> Aunt Marge seems to despise James, but why?  It has to be because 
> Petunia and Vernon had certainly said horrible things about him.  
> Aunt Marge never mentions Lily because after-all it is James' fault 
> that Lily is dead.  Lily, in a way can do no wrong, she was just 
> sucked into a life she didn't belong in.  That is why Aunt 
> Marge "lectures" Harry, hoping to show that his dad's way isn't the 
> right way.
>  
> 
> >snip>
Me: In fact Aunt Marge does, in fact, attack Lily's character in 
front of Petunia (with no shown objections) in PoA, Chapter 2, page 
25:
"It's one of the basic rules of breeding," she said. "You see it all 
the time with dogs. If there's something wrong with the bitch, 
there'll be something wrong with the pup - "
And again on page 28:
"It all comes down to blood, as I was saying the other day. Bad blood 
will out. Now, I'm saying nothing against your family, Petunia" - she 
patted Aunt Petunia's bony hand with her shovel-like one - " but your 
sister was a bad egg. They turn up in the best families..."
Macha (new to the group and hoping that I've done this post properly).