Remember My Last - SPOILER

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 115000

>From jkrowling.com "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. But why then (you may well ask) did he not just say 'remember my letter?' Why did he say my last letter? Why, obviously because there were letters before that."

OotP says "Remember my last, Petunia,"  not, remember 'my last letter' as JKR stated in her answer.  Remember my last could mean any type of communication they had, not necessarily a letter. 

The problem is, he must have sent a letter to the Dursley's regarding the incident with the car.  In PoA Dumbledore says: "But I must impress upon both of you the seriousness of what you have done.  I will be writing to both your families tonight."   We know Mrs. Weasley got a letter since her Howler to Ron arrived the very next morning.  So 'his last letter' would have been the letter about flying the car to school, not the letter he left on the doorstep with Harry.  Mrs. Weasley, in GoF says, "I've had more owls from Hogwarts about them [the twins] than the rest put together."  Harry's been in plenty of trouble why wouldn't Dumbledore send letters home about his behaviour as well?  Only stands to reason that he would.


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