Dudley's Worst Memory

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 92838

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, alexpie at a... wrote:
> I always assumed it would have been the day Harry appeared on the 
Dursleys' 
> doorstep.
> Ba
> 
Carolyn:
Having just embarked on (another) re-read of the whole series, this 
quote struck me from PS/SS:

'Next morning at breakfast, everyone was rather quiet. Dudley was in 
shock. He'd screamed, whacked his father with his Smeltings stick, 
been sick on purpose, kicked his mother and thrown his tortoise 
through the greenhouse roof and he still didn't have his room back.'

and then slightly later on:
'They didn't stop to eat or drink all day. By nightfall Dudley was 
howling. He'd never had such a bad day in his life...'

Culminating in the iconic remark: 'Daddy's gone mad, hasn't he', 
which also made it to the movie.

I think Dudder's worst memories are from when he is 11, and he 
discovers for the very first time that his wishes will not always be 
obeyed by his parents. A much-delayed, but salutary moment for the 
unpleasant little monster.