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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03"
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
>

> Betsy Hp:
> I think that's made clear in CoS when Dudley tries to verbally taunt 
> Harry for a lack of birthday cards, but Harry easily scares him off 
> by babbling some nonsense "magic" words, that the power structure 
> has changed since PS/SS.
> 
Gerry
Not really. It had changed until the dinner party where Dobby smashed
a pudding. Then Harry got the letter that stated that as an underage
wizard he was not allowed to do magic. This resulted in Uncle Vernon
locking him up in his room. From this I assume Dudley also continued
with is normal behaviour towards Harry

Gerry