OOP: Petunia

[Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 67687

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "findmeabargain" 
> <findmeabargain at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Dumbledore sure did address her as if he knew her.  As if he 
> knew 
> > her 
> > > well...
> > 
> > Sharai & other Petunia-ites,
> > 
> > 
(snip)

> > 1. From book 1: She took the orphan in. A woman totally opposed 
> to, 
> > and entirely fearful of the wizarding world would not have cared 
> if 
> > he went to an orphanage or foster care.
> >
> > Deb "Molly Weasley Is My Role Model" Aub
> 
> 
I agree with Deb's #1--especially in view of the fact Tom Riddle was 
sent to an orphanage when he could have been taken in by his Muggle 
family, but wasn't.  (Their distaste for him in a way FAR exceeds 
the Dursley's for Harry.)  I also agree the Petunia and Dumbledore 
have more of a history, albeit maybe just correspondence, than the 
one letter DD left with Harry on the doorstep.  I've always thought 
that Petunia "doth protest too much".

Claire