HP at the Dursleys'---what if?

[ravenclaw001]

No: HPFGUIDX 124550


I agree completely that Harry was badly treated by the Dursleys, even 
though they strike me as cartoonish and caricatured.  However, things 
could have been a _lot_ worse.

Imagine if Patooty Dursley had bonded with Harry instantly, and 
treated him identically to Dudley.

Then imagine "Dudley Dursley, Mark II" going to Hogwarts.  Or being 
trusted with a wand, and that huge Gringotts' account.  The mind 
boggles.

I think that the teachers would be making that nice Mr. Ogden (of 
Ogden's Firewhiskey) VERY rich.