why did Voldie attack the Potter on Halloween?

[Katrina]

No: HPFGUIDX 116742


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:

> 
> Geoff:
> 
> Let the canon roar....
> '"Now, yer mum an' dad were as good a witch an' wizard as I ever 
> knew. Head Boy an' Girl at Hogwarts in their day! Suppose the 
myst'ry 
> is why You-Know-Who never tried to get 'em on his side before.... 
> probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter wany anythin' 
> ter do with the Dark Side.
> Maybe he thought he could persuade 'em... maybe he just wanted 'em 
> outta the way. All anyone knows is, he turned up in the village 
where 
> you was all living, on Hallowe'en ten years ago. You was just a 
year 
> old. He came ter yer house an' - an' -"
> Hagrid suddenly pulled out a very dirty spotted handkerchief and 
blew 
> his nose with a noise like a foghorn.
> "Sorry," he said. "But it's that sad - knew yer mum an' dad, an' 
> nicer people yeh couldn't find - anyway -
> You-Know-Who killed 'em...."'
> 
> (PS "The Keeper of the Keys" p.45 UK edition)

Thanks Geoff, I was looking in the wrong chapter.  I knew it was 
somewhere nearby.

Katrina