How does DD know what Petunia/Vernon said?

[sallyaltass]

No: HPFGUIDX 156786

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>
> "esmith222002" <c.john@> wrote:
> > Having just been enjoying the discussion on Petunia and thinking
> > about 'Remember my last', I was reminded of a problem I had with
> > the entire scene. <snip> How does DD know that Petunia/Vernon is
> > about to throw Harry out of the house?
>
> Joe:
> Throughout the series DD displays some degree of omniscience that
> I'm not entirely comfortable with outside of deities.
>
> > So how is it that DD knows what Vernon/Petunia have just said and
> > then managed to produce an instantaneous Howler to prevent it.
> > <snip>
> > Fawkes? Patronus? Something else?
>
IMO I think that perhaps DD doesn't know exactly that Vernon has
threatened to throw Harry out of the house, owls can not fly quick
enough for the Howler to reach Petunia in the same instant.  I
believe that DD was extremely shrewd, and so just actually assumed
that following the nights events, and with the Dursley's extremely
Dark Age attutude towards magic, they would attempt to throw Harry
out.

Regarding the fact that there could be some sort of wizarding
portrait in the house that told Hogwarts where Harry was sleeping,
again, I don't think that that is a feesable idea.  Hagrid says to
Harry in ch 4 in PS/SS 'The Keeper of the Keys' (snipped), "I was
allowed ter do a bit [of magic] ter follow yeh an' get yer letters
to yeh and stuff..." Which explains exactly how Hagrid knew where
Harry was sleeping at any given time and also that he wasn't getting
his letters.  This again though, shows exactly how shrewd DD is, as
he would have had to pull a few strings at the ministry to allow
Hagrid to perform the magic in the first place.

Sally