Harry *wasn't* abandoned

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 68767

First Perspicacious Pippin said:

> > "Harry was very pleased he was concealed behind the bush,  as 
> > Mrs. Figg had taken to asking him round for tea whenever she 
> > met him in the street."
> > 
> > It seems to me if Harry had taken her up on it, she'd have told 
> > him what was going on.  It's interesting that Harry never thinks 
of 
> > this, and goes on being cross with Dumbledore for leaving him 
> > without any contact with the WW even after he finds out that Mrs. 
> > Figg is a Squib.
> > 
> > Pippin
> 


Then Dynamic Darrin said: 
> I think that's a big leap, that Figg would have told him everything 
that was 
> going on. We're not even sure she knew much past "keep an eye on 
Harry."
> 
> And considering that she had to play a role of being nasty to him 
whenever he 
> was left there, why are we to assume she would change now? It took 
the 
> Dementor attack to get her to drop her cover.
> 
> If he would have gone over there and she would have, say, started 
talking 
> about Quidditch matches from the past, Harry never would have left, 
and the 
> Dursleys would have smelled a rat.
> 
> Darrin

Now I say:

Mrs. Figg actually said as much in the book -- that she had to not 
give away she knew much about the Wizarding world, for that very 
reason.  She knew if it appeared Harry was enjoying himself, they'd 
take it away from him, and then she wouldn't be able to keep an eye 
on him at all.

--Indigo