[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: Petunia, expelled?

[Jennifer Angliss]

No: HPFGUIDX 64876

At 04:53 AM 06/27/2003 , pegruppel wrote:

>Erin, I really like this.  I think it explains many, many things.  I
>have a quirky memory, and it seems to me that there were tests at the
>end of the first year that determined whether or not the students
>would be able to continue into second year.  If Petunia failed those
>tests for some reason, she might have the exact reaction that you
>describe.  She either wasn't as skilled as Lily or she did do
>something to get expelled (something I consider rather unlikely,
>really).  Unlike Hagrid, she didn't have Dumbledore as a protector,
>and she went home in disgrace.

The only thing holding me back on the idea that Petunia was at Hogwarts is 
that I'm *sure* Hagrid would have let it slip to Harry at some point. 
Instead, we get dialogue from him in PS/SS along the lines of "...some o' 
the best I ever saw were the only ones with magic in 'em in a long line o' 
Muggles--look at yer mum! Look what she had fer a sister!" (Chapter 5). 
This, to me, means that he believes Petunia is all Muggle and wouldn't have 
come to Hogwarts. Could he be wrong about Petunia being Muggle? Sure! In 
fact, I think he is. But I have a hard time believing that Petunia could be 
at Hogwarts for any length of time and not have Hagrid let it slip to Harry 
that she was.

Jennifer