CHAPTER DISCUSSION: CH 2, "A Peck of Owls" (slightly modified repost)

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> Q4: Petunia says that she overheard "that awful boy" telling Lily 
> about Dementors years ago -- James? Snape? Someone else? What might 
> the circumstances have been that Petunia was able to overhear this; 
> were they at Lily and Petunia's home where they lived with their 
> parents?  Why was this person telling Lily about Dementors and 
> Azkaban? Harry assumes Petunia just happens to remember this scrap 
of 
> info from years ago, but how likely is it that Petunia only 
> knows "scraps" of information about the Wizarding World?
> 

I think that Lily and Petunia's parents were killed by wizards.  
James told them that the criminals would be caught and sent to 
Azkaban and guarded by dementors.  This is why Petunia hates anything 
to do with magic;  she blames Lily for the death of their parents.

Ruth