The only one he ever feared?

[staceymateo]

No: HPFGUIDX 117367



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ginnysthe1" <ginnysthe1 at y...> 
wrote:
>  Lately (like
> the last few days) I've been spending time conjecturing to myself on
> the details of TR's birth and childhood, the days before he came to
> Hogwarts to study as a wizard.  How was he informed that he was
> eligible to study there?  He was in a Muggle orphanage, wasn't he? 
> Who, in a Muggle orphanage, would have received the owl mail from
> Hogwarts and given it to him?
> 
> 

Stacey here:
Given how Harry was first contacted in PS/SS for his first few 
Hogwarts letters, the letters were found with the regular post.  1st 
letter - Vernon sent Harry to get the mail from the mail slot, and 
Harry noticed a letter in emerald-green ink addressed to him (not a 
direct quote as I don't have the book here at work with me).  Once 
Vernon took the letter away from Harry, the next few letters 
continued to arrived via the mail slot until Vernon nailed it shut 
and the letters had to arrive by more unique ways (in the eggs is 
still my favorite).  I would guess, since so much time was given to 
the beginning of PS/SS with this scenario, it would be safe to assume 
TR may have been contacted the same way (Without all the Vernon-
influenced fun).  Receiving the letter through the regular post would 
be a way to not raise awareness of the WW in almost purely Muggle 
areas.  Arrival through the post would not involve anyone at the 
orphanage receiving owl mail.

I have several random thoughts on how he was informed he was a 
wizard, but fanfiction and canon are getting a little jumbled in my 
mind.  At anytime do any of the Muggleborns (Hermione, Justin, Colin 
etc.) mention being contacted by a member of the Hogwarts staff?  
Fanfiction refers to this quite a bit, but I cannot clearly recall if 
canon does as well.

Stacey