Dudley: Muggle or Wizard?
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j.balfour at leedsmet.ac.uk
Mon Jul 25 13:33:48 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 134753
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One thing struck me when reading Chapter 3 of HBP again, which I hadn't
properly picked up on the first time is what Dumbledore says to Petunia
and Vernon about Dudley.
Unfortunately I'm at work and don't have the exact quote to hand (if
someone could oblige...!?) but he is admonishing the Dursleys for not
treating Harry as though he were their own. He then says something
along the lines of, mind you, look how badly you've treated Dudley. On
reading it for the first time I just assumed he was referring to his
being spoilt rotten, but then I noticed that Petunia was reacting
strangely and this led me to wonder if, in their all-consuming fear of
all things magical, Dudley hadn't shown signs of wizardry in his early
years which were covered up. Is it even feasible that they got a letter
inviting Dudley to Hogwarts?
I admit that it seems unlikely, I just thought DD's comment was rather
cryptic...and although there's only 1 book left to go I am still
holding out hope that one of the Dursleys will turn out to have magical
qualities!
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