Dumbledore & Dursleys-What DD Knew

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No: HPFGUIDX 123361


>>Lupinlore: 
>Fair enough.  What could Albus have done?  Hmmm, here's an idea, 
pull a Peter Pettigrew!  I.E. fake Harry's death and smuggle him out 
of the country.<

Betsy:
Because that would be *such* a wonderful lifestyle for Harry, living 
out of a suitcase, never staying in one place for long, unable to go 
to school, possibly going through a continual change of guardians, 
and I don't know - hourly doses of polyjuice? And no real guarantee 
that a vigilant Death Eater didn't get his hands on the boy.  Oh, 
yeah - *much* better than putting up with snarky relatives and some 
minor bullying.

>>Lupinlore:
<snip>
>I, in order to let Albus off the hook, have to see not only that he 
checked up, but that he *tried* to help and was thwarted or was 
prevented from helping by *a factor we are shown.*  In other words, 
in order for Albus to get off the hook we need to be *told* that 
Petunia ordered him never to interfere on pain of Harry getting the 
boot, or *shown* that he tried to interfere and Petunia threatened to 
put Harry out.  Otherwise the circumstantial evidence of Albus' 
complicity is just too strong.<

Betsy:
And I need to see something that shows us that Harry suffered to such 
an extent that Dumbledore needed to risk Harry's life by 
interfering.  So far, there's been nothing in the books that I 
thought needed Dumbledore's direct interference.

Betsy