[HPforGrownups] Doris Crockford

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 115640

Macfotuk wrote:
> Indeed, the whole flurry of owls and gathering of witches and
> wizards (many of who seem possible DD acquaintances) in the vicinity
> of the Dursleys the day after GH is distinctly mysterious. I feel
> sure someone must have noticed/commented on this before.

Depends what you mean by "vicinity". The descriptions we have of wizard
houses suggest that they are lived in over a long period, so if there aren't
any wizarding folk living near the Dursleys at the time of OoP, then there
won't have been many a decade or so previously. But we aren't told exactly
how long Vernon's daily journey to work actually is (I remember a discussion
on that subject a while ago which suggested various locations in Surrey
where he might work, all of them within a reasonable drive of Little
Whinging). I read the gathering of wizards as a picture of just how many
wizarding folk there actually are: they are suddenly visible to Muggledom,
something that they usually aren't, and there's more of them than you might
think.

> Am still dubious about how McGonagall gets there (Privet drive)
> almost first thing in the morning after GH and, considering Hagrid
> is supposed to be the instigator of her presence and yet is clearly
> in DD's trust and service and gets to GH straight after all hell has
> let loose there that McG doesn't know what's happened at GH except
> by clearly hazy rumour.

Or by the early edition of the Daily Prophet.

Or by the morning news on the Wireless. Same way that everyone else hears
about it, really. But only what's in the papers - it's not until Dumbledore
turns up and gives her the full story that she knows everything.

But it's a good job she's there - who knows what would have happened if
Harry _hadn't_ had anyone of his blood to protect him. A few stray DEs could
have done a lot of damage.

Cheers

Ffred

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