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[Kia]

No: HPFGUIDX 93227

(Kia's comments)
>I think, if Petunia would have known for sure that Harry would
>inherit his parents' magical talents and end up in the WW as its
>saviour, she wouldn't have been so surprised when the
>Hogwarts Letter finally came.


>(Kimberly's comments)
>But it doesn't say that she was surprised. What it says is "....not 
>knowing
>he would be woken a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream 
>as she opened the
>front door to put out the milk bottles,...."

Kia

You are quoting the wrong surprise moment:

"Who'd be writing to you?" sneered Uncle Vernon, shaking the 
letter open with one hand and glancing at it. His face went from 
red to green faster than a set of traffic lights. And it didn't stop 
there. Within seconds it was the grayish white of old porridge.

"P-P-Petunia!" he gasped.

Dudley tried to grab the letter to read it, but Uncle Vernon held it
high out of his reach. Aunt Petunia took it curiously and read the 
first line. For a moment it looked as though she might faint. She 
clutched her throat and made a choking noise.

"Vernon! Oh my goodness -- Vernon!"

They stared at each other, seeming to have forgotten that Harry 
and Dudley were still in the room.


Petunia doesn't expect this letter and she should have, if she 
had been made so very aware of Harry's going back to the WW.


Carol:

>If Petunia knew that the protection given
>to Harry extended to her and Dudley but not to Vernon (because 
>he doesn't share Harry's blood), she would have a reason to 
>conceal the full truth from Vernon without either blackmail or 
>magical talent in any Dursley being involved.

Where is the bang in this scenario? And Petunia isn't totally 
stupid, if this scenario above was true, why would she even 
agree with taking Harry in? The Dursleys themselves are 
completely uninteresting to magical madmen, but Harry isn't. 
The Dursleys wouldn't need protection if Harry wasn't there. 
Unless there is something about the Evanses that Rowling 
hasn't told us so far.

But IMO it would bang a lot more if Dudley was magical to 
degree, and it his reaction to the encounter with the dementors 
would make a lot more sense in the big picture.

Of course Dudley could have remembered getting beaten up in 
Smeltings, but I don't think he was. 


Kia