Is JKR about to reveal? (Petunia)

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No: HPFGUIDX 110603

> Valky wrote:
 [snip]
> I also agree that Petunia allows Harry to stay because;
> '*She* is not going to be responsible for his death' 
> *and* that she is a moral woman. But, I do not agree that
>  she decided 'She is not going to be responsible for Harry's
> death' *because* she is a moral woman.

Pam sighs:

Well, almost agree with you here--I think Petunia's morality is the 
morality of the herd: as long as the neighbors approve, it's moral.  
And as I've posted (way earlier), I don't think Petunia would do 
anything for *any* wizard (Harry or DD) if something wasn't in it 
for her: namely, protection for Dudley.  I think her reaction to the 
Harry's news that LV is back supports this, at least somewhat:

"    'Back?' whispered Aunt Petunia.
    She was looking at Harry as she had never looked at him before. 
And all of a sudden, for the very first time in his life, Harry 
fully appreciated that Aunt Petunia was his mother's sister. He 
could not have said why this hit him so very powerfully at this 
moment. All he knew was that he was not the only person in the room 
who had an inkling of what Lord Voldemort being back might mean. 
Aunt Petunia had never in her life looked at him like that before. 
Her large, pale eyes (so unlike her sisters) were not narrowed in 
dislike or anger, they were wide and fearful."
(OotP, Chapter Two)

Is Petunia fearful for herself? (possibly) Or for humanity in 
general? (not likely) Or for her family, namely Dudley? (who seems 
to be her only hobby, barring house-cleaning)

And her reaction to DD's howler seems too emotional to be just a 
moral decision, at least to me.

Pam