Dumbledore and Harry

[D.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 69259

karen wrote:

Could the LAST in the Howler reffer to AD's LAST relative rather than 
his LAST letter.

Me:

For what it's worth, Karen, when I first read about that Howler going 
off in Petunia's kitchen, I thought the phrase referred to 
someone's "last words" -- maybe even Harry's mom's.  Did someone 
extract a promise from Petunia --on his or her deathbed-- that she'd 
take care of Harry? 

Even more intriguing:  unless I misunderstood Dumbledore, he implied 
that the knowledge of Harry's being protected from Voldemort as long 
as he was in her care was sufficient to motivate Petunia to keep 
him.  I wonder -- she seems to loathe him --and everything he stands 
for-- so much that she'd just as soon let him leave and be killed, 
and her sister's memory be damned.  I almost think there had to be 
some kind of an implied threat to her, as well -- which brings us 
back to that hypothetical deathbed scenario.  Did a Wizard, with his 
or her dying breath, place a charm [or would it be a curse?] on 
Petunia that if she ever kicked Harry out, something horrible would 
happen to her?

"D.G. ("JazzmanChgo")"