HARRY CLUES ABOUT THE BOOKS: Something else is curious

[Christy]

No: HPFGUIDX 88515


> 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?
> 
>  and Derek pointed out:
> 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?

Christy's thoughts...

I had always assumed that Dumbledore knew something was happening, and
as a member of the OoP, McGonagall was sent to do a task (go to this
house), similar to the end of GoF, where Dumbledore just gives
instructions to people and they obey without questioning him.
Dumbledore does seem surprised to see McGonagall, though, so perhaps
the order came from somebody else? Or maybe McGonagall had heard the
rumor and went to the one place she expected Dumbledore would go...
Her being there does seem kind of random, though.

Cheers,
Christy