HARRY CLUES ABOUT THE BOOKS: Something else is curious

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 88463

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Derek Hiemforth <derek at r...> 
wrote:
> hermione978 wrote:
> >1. HAGRID told MCGONAGALL about DUMBLEDORE being there to deliver 
> >HARRY. MCGONAGALL was all ready there ahead of all of them all 
day. 
> >Why?  Was there suspected trouble coming or as a precaution? Was 
> >there something else?
> 
> Derek:
> For that matter, why was McGonagall there at all?  She didn't know
> about James and Lily (she had to ask Dumbledore whether it was 
true).
> If she didn't know that James and Lily were dead, that Harry had
> survived, etc., why was she staking out the Dursleys?
> 
> - Derek

I think that she had heard rumors about what was going on, but 
wasn't going to *believe* anything until she heard it from DD 
himself. As to why she was st Privet Drive, I just assumed that she 
was and one of DD's most trusted confidants: he probably wanted to 
know if she could help. 
Meri