Dudley and Harry

[laurie goudge]

No: HPFGUIDX 128813

Eric Oppen:
> What if Dudley had taken right to his little cousin
> from the minute he first saw Harry, and damn-well
> _insisted_ on Harry getting commensurate 
> treatment with him?  Would this have resulted in
> Harry growing up just as spoilt as Dudley, or
> would the Dursleys have throttled back on 
> Dudley-spoiling, just to avoid having to spoil Harry
> too?

laurie comments:

That IS an interesting thought. MY take on Petunia is
that most likely she would have squashed any interest
Dudley had in Harry simply due to he (Harry) is Lily's
son and would probably have had a coronary if she had
to pamper Harry as well as Dudley.

laurie