[HPforGrownups] Squib or muggle - who's a late bloomer?

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No: HPFGUIDX 89218

lizvega2 wrote:
> I was rereading some random JK interviews, and in one quote she said
> that someone very late in life (No specific age given), who has
> never shown any ability for magic previously, will be able to do
> magic in very desperate conditions.
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> Petunia would be great, 
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I still think there's
> something else problematic regarding the charm Dumbledore placed in
> the Dursley's home. The word 'pact' was used, which would indicate
> that perhaps, Petunia, received something in return for taking Harry
> in the first place?
> 

Hehehehehe! I like it!

Maybe she negotiated a permanently sparkling clean kitchen in return for 
raising Harry? Tonks thought it was 'unnaturally clean', remember?
Whatever the 'pact' was, it can't have included being safe from magic 
evermore. Poor Petunia! Just think what she might have asked for, and 
all she could think of was a self-cleaning kitchen. LOL.

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