The Dursleys

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 145748

> Orna:
> Maybe, but perhaps it's just another example for teenagers taking 
> liberties <g>. 
> Actually I can't imagine Hermione just appearing (or apparating) on 
> Dursleys front door, informing them she came to stay. 
> I can imagine Harry informing the Dursleys, those two friends of 
> his are coming, and somehow getting them to agree, grudgingly. 
> Would that count as an invitation/acceptance?
>

The Dursleys will have to assume Harry's friends are wizards, and I 
can't see them willingly inviting wizards into their home.  And then, 
if Ron and Hermione go all medieval on them ... well, lovely guests.  
But I could see this as the first confrontation of the book, actually.

I can also see Hermione as the one who *does* apparate on their 
doorstep.  Her own Muggle parents seem to go along with whatever she 
wants, and she can be very headstrong and sure of her actions.  I 
believe she has lost touch with the Muggle world.

On the other hand, I can see Ron and Hermione staying at Mrs. Figgs' 
house, if she is still there.  It's in the neighborhood.

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