Rereading SS/PS question(s)

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No: HPFGUIDX 153872

Hmmm, so I started my long needed reread of the books. And realised 
just how much I am influenced by HPFGU now. Duh. :)

I just so cannot enjoy fully Cinderella like escapism of Harry 
leaving Dursleys and all I can think about "you better provide good 
explanations for your actions Headmaster later on :)"

And Snape's words on his first lesson are poetic, no question about 
it and all I can think about is "just shut up, you hateful bat and 
leave Harry alone :))"

Anyways, really did not mean to talk about DD and Snape, just wanted 
to ask small question, since my brain is in another freeze and it 
should be something obvious.


Take a look at this quote.

"Yet sometimes he thought ( or maybe hoped) that strangers in the 
street seemed to know him. Very strange strangers they were, too. A 
tiny man in violet top hat had bowed to him once while out shopping 
with Aunt Petunia and Dudley. After asking Harry furiously if he 
knew the man, Aunt Petunia had rushed  them out of the shop without 
buying anything. A wierd-looking old woman dressed in all green had 
waved merrily at him once on a bus. A bald man in a very long purple 
coat  had actually shaken his hand in the street the other day and 
then walked away without a word. The wierdest thing about all these 
people was the way they seemed to vanish the second Harry tried to 
get a closer look" - PS/SS. p.30. paperback, amer.ed.

So, question number 1. We learn later that tiny man in violet top is 
Dedalus Diggle, right? ( Harry recognises him in Leaky)

Are wierd- looking woman and  bald man somebody we know ( am I 
missing something very obvious here), or just no- name episodic 
characters?

Question 2. I guess I do want to ask about Dumbledore. Sorry! Isn't 
that  incredibly strange that all those people can find Harry, KNOW 
how to find Harry?

Um , what would stops the DE from doing so then? Just approaching 
Harry on the streets and kidnapping him if not Aking him ( I guess 
they can have reservations about trying to kill him right away, 
knowing that he survived Avada ocne, but why not kidnap him and go 
through few nice torture rounds)

Oh, and of course Petunia seems to be REALLY familiar with WW, 
doesn't she? ( just another detail not that I doubt it)

Thanks, guys.

Alla