Family Secrets

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 116001


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "basilhummus" <carla68 at a...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Has it been posited by anyone that Petunia could in fact be 
Harry's 
> Secret Keeper? I would appreciate being directed to this 
> conversation if possible, as my search of the archives has proven 
to 
> be fruitless at best.
> My husband wondered aloud whether this could be what compels 
Petunia 
> to continue to give Harry a place to call home. If Voldemort 
> gained "ultimate power" by killing Harry, it will not only bring 
the 
> wizarding world crashing down, but the muggle world as well. Her 
> housing of Harry could actually be the lynchpin that keeps both 
> worlds intact. Not to mention, that it seems as the the over-
coddled 
> Dudley may also be part of this bargain in some way.
> 
> With Greatest Appreciation,
> Carla

mhbobbin: 
I love this theory. But here's my problem with it---characters do 
find their way to the Dursleys home. Dudley's friends. Uncle 
Vernon's guests (in CoS). Dobby. The Advance Guard of the Order. 
Mrs. Figg.  The Postman. The Milkman. The Weasleys through the 
fireplace. Owls from the MInistry. There's probably a way around 
this but I don't know what it is.

Could the Dursleys former fireplace truly be on the Floo Network? 
That seems odd, too.
mhbobbin