Re Harry's stay at the Durleys

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 117207


Sharon wrote:
 
> JKR has said that Harry's stay at the Dursleys will be his shortest 
yet.
> I may have missed something (because I skim read my messages) but 
so far people seem to believe that he will be out of there before the 
end of chapter 1.  However, I beleive the wording to be "Harry's 
stay" ie: he could be there for just 2 days (for example) but so much 
happens to him that JKR takes 6 chapters to write about it!
>  
> Starting to get really desperate for the next book!
> 
> Sharon

Finwitch:

Well, as I recall, she also said we SEE very little of them. What 
comes to several chapters for a few days, well - in CoS, it takes 
several chapters to describe ONE day. (And, he's already been at 
Dursleys for a month, the DAY being his birthday). Sure, JKR *could* 
write about Harry at 4 Privet Drive without saying a thing about 
Dursleys (say, Harry's recalling events that happened in WW, reading 
the Daily Prophet/the Quibbler, reading mail from 
Ron&Hermione&Remus&Moody - possibly OWL-results...)

His "Shortest stay ever", however, means to me that this time we 
begin EARLY. That in turn means that Harry's to LEAVE early too - 
because I doubt that Harry goes into a new place and nothing's 
written about THAT.

And um - JKR's website has given us the title for the *second 
chapter* behind that door. That title gives much root to speculations 
that Harry won't stay longer than one chapter as it can be found on a 
map as a street name, and grammar says it cannot really be much else.

Finwitch