Hagrid in GH

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 140469

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight at h...> 
wrote:

Ceridwen:
> Not sure what to clip, so I kept it all.  At least, it's short!
> 
> But, I'm wondering, what about the school?  The headmaster and deputy 
> headmistress, which also means the Transfiguration teacher, are 
> notably missing from the school.  Since Vernon went to work, I'd 
> think it was a weekday and not a weekend.  Who took over McGonagall's 
> class while she was reading the paper on the corner of Privet Drive?

Geoff:
It was certainly a weekday.

"When Mr. and Mrs. Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday our story 
starts..."

(PS "The Boy Who Lived" p.7 UK edition)

So the attack was on the Monday night. Obviously the news had spread 
overnight because Professor McGonagall was in Privet Drive by 08:30. 
Dumbledore didn't arrive until nearly midnight. I am surprised that the 
news reached Hogwarts so quickly. I must admit, I'd never considered 
the school having a day off but McG must have been out of the building 
going like the clappers to reach Little Whinging by that time in the 
morning.