Now *that* is interesting
arealin
mysticowl at gmail.com
Tue Oct 5 21:46:17 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 114881
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> > T
> >
> > JKR said, quote:
> > "So: Dumbledore is referring to his last letter, which means, of
> > course, the letter he left upon the Dursleys' doorstep when
Harry was
> > one year old."
> >
> > She's specifically indicated that the "last" was when Harry was
left
> > with the Dursleys, which means that the previous letters had to
have
> > come before Harry ended up on the Dursley's doorstep...Unless I'm
> > misreading her quote.
>
> Well that is her quote but I think we have another incident of her
> misremembering what she's written or not giving us all the
> information. Unless of course it wasn't him, but someone else who
> wrote to the Dursleys anything regarding Harry... IE Minerva... I
most
> certainly could be mistaken.
>
> distaiyi
As always, JKR found a way out. She has no editted her answer and
writes that both she and DD differentiate between the letters
addressed specifically to Petunia and those addressed to the
Dursleys. I suppose we can assume that all letters regarding Harry
sent after his enrollment were addressed to the Dursleys.
Alina.
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