Is it worse for Harry or Dudley at 4 Privet?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 96904

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<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
 
Alla:
> Now, I suspect that I am incorrect on this one, but doesn't SS/PS 
> mentions somewhere that they put Harry in the closet as soon as 
they 
> found him outside their house. Maybe I'll look it up later. :o).

Geoff:
The only reference I can find in a quick look is...

"Harry didn't look it but he was very fast.
Perhaps it had something to do with lvinig in a dark cupboard but 
Harry had always been small and skinny for his age."

(PS "The Vanishing Glass" p.20 UK edition)

This woudl imply that he has been living in thecupboard for some time 
but not necesarily right from being a baby.

I think I would buy into the theory that the Dursleys began to 
isolate him when he began to show signs of "oddity" or came into 
conflict with Dudley over needs.