Dumbledore's Magnaminity

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 142979

 > colebiancardi
> arrgg...you are making me chew up my posts! Dumbledore HAS 
mentioned
> them, and there are plenty of references in the last 2 books: 
<snip>

  And yes, she
> is afraid of what the WW will do to them if they don't let Harry 
stay
> - Petunia, once receiving the *reminder* from DD, states to Vernon
> that Harry stays.  And that is that.
> 
a_svirn:
Apart from the "reminder of the pact" all the other quotes you cited 
do not mention any terms or agreements.  I've yet to know 
that "expressing the hope" means outlining the terms of 
contract.  "You did not do as I asked" again – "asked", not you "did 
not do as we agreed". Strange isn't it? If there was any contract 
signed then why didn't Dumbledore mention it in his little homily? 

Yes, we know that by taking Harry Petunia sealed the charm.  She 
agreed to provide a protection in a form of a houseroom. She did not 
agree to love him as her own. She did not agree to raise him as a 
wizard. On the contrary she and Vernon swore that they won't have 
anything to do with the WW. We don't know why she took Harry, but if 
you are right and she's indeed afraid of reprisals in case she 
violates the terms of this hypothetical contract the most obvious 
conclusion we can make is that she was intimidated into "sealing the 
pact" in the first place. 

So I would like to repeat my question: what *terms* did Dumbledore 
outline in his letter according to you?