Petunia's Howler

[Missy]

No: HPFGUIDX 70878

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "thehighinquisitorofhogwarts" 
<colleenbuch at y...> wrote:
> I haven't seen mention of this but what about Petunia's Howler?  
Why 
> was she not portrayed as being shocked, like not knowing what one 
was 
> rather than horrified at having gotten one?  Also, how was it she 
> seemed to recogonize the sender, via the voice as she immediately 
> understood the cryptic message?  If as we have been lead to 
believe, 
> Dumbledore's only contact with her was the original note depositing 
> Harry at her doorstep she would not have made as readily a 
connection 
> as to the meaning of the Howler and Harry's safety as she did.  
Which 
> to me suggests that she might be a bitter squib and know much more 
> about the wizarding world than we have been lead to believe thus 
> far.  And, back to her recognizing the sender of the howler, how 
many 
> meetings has she had with Dumbledore over the years?


This is a very good question. I mean- Harry didn't recognize DD's 
voice, but Petunia did?  There is definitely something else that we 
don't know about.  But I don't know what exactly that is.

Missy