Dumbledore & Dursleys-Monitoring the Situation

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 123394


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> 
> This whole discuss really touches a nerve in me as I know that it 
> does for others. Let us try to look at this rationally.
> 
> 1. We don't know how much DD knew about Harry's situation. Mrs. Figg 
> must have kept him informed, but she would not have known all that 
> much since Petunia tries to keep up appearances and Harry would not 
> say anything to Mrs. Figg. And Mrs. Figg was probably suppose to 
> keep an eye out for any sign of LV or DE as her primary duty. I 
> think that if DD had a better more direct way of monitoring the 
> Dursley household he would not have needed Mrs. Figg's help.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Tonks_op

bboyminn:

Sorry to cut so much of your excellent post, but I wanted to make a
somewhat ironic somewhat tangental point.

As I read this, it occurred to me that if Dumbledore had simply
thought to mention to the Dursleys that the situation would be
monitored, the Dursleys would have been too concerned about 'what
people might think' to have risked treating Harry poorly. 

Even if Dumbledore didn't monitor the situation, just having the
Dursleys think they were being monitored would have altered their
behavior. Witness how quickly they moved Harry out of the Cupboard
Under The Stairs when they realized that the wizard world (Dumbledore)
knew that is where Harry was living.

Still, while I can't excuse what Dumbledore did, I can understand how
it could happen, as can be read in my other post in this thread.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn