Remember My Last - SPOILER

[mrs_sonofgib]

No: HPFGUIDX 115065


> 
> JKR said on her website:
> (little snip)
> P.S. It has been suggested that I am wrong in saying that 
> Dumbledore's last letter was the one he left on the doorstep with 
> baby Harry, and that he has sent a letter since then concerning 
> Harry's illegal flight to school. However, both Dumbledore and I 
> differentiate between letters sent to the Dursleys as a couple, 
and 
> messages directed to Petunia ALONE. And that's my final word on 
the 
> subject - though I doubt it will be yours :)"
> 
> Tonks now:
> 
 And there were other letter before that 
> one. So this is telling us something.. perhaps Dumbledore, as I 
> mentioned before, knew that LV would try to kill Harry and that 
Lily 
> would give her life to invoke the ancient magic (charm). It was 
> arranged by DD and Lily and probably Neville's mother too, in case 
> LV came for Neville first. I think someone else mentioned that DD 
> probably wrote to Petunia to prepare her for the possibility. But 
> again he calls her Petunia every time. So he must have know her 
long 
> ago when she was a child and her sister was going to Hogwarts. 
> Humm...  what does it all mean?  
> Tonks_op

Although I certainly can't tell you what it all means, I can think 
of another reason for DD to write to Petunia (I'm so glad Jo cleared 
that up...).  He could have written to tell her of her parents death 
(well, the *real* reason behind it).  Whenever something happened in 
the WW that effected her, he may have provided the explanation.  I 
wonder how many other letters there were?  Was this a usual 
occurence.  It also makes me read the early chapters of PS/SS 
differently.  When they saw Harry's letter and it had Harry's name 
on it -  she had a lot more knowledge than we thought (not just 
Lily's experience but her own...)
C'mon Book 6!
~tina