Mea Culpa! Harry always at Privet Drive at least until his birthday

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 92293

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4) Is Harry as safe in the yard as he is in the house?  I can
> see him sitting on the front stoop with Hedwig and his supplies,
> twiddling his thumbs as the Dursleys pull back into the driveway,
> scarcely able to believe that he's back again and horrified at what
> the neighbours are thinking.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eustace_Scrubb

I think not.  Every note he recieves in OotP tells him to *stay in 
the house* (emphasis Sirius and Mr. Weasley).  Since the end of OotP, 
I have felt this puts Petunia's "go to your room!" in a whole new 
light.  finding out she knows what Dementors are also puts a new spin 
on her looking for Sirius Black in the neighbor's runner beans.  
Where *had* she seen him before...

Perhaps our Petunia has a little "auntie" love in her after all.

Sue