Magic Late in Life

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 158164

OK scratch Dudley.  l will go back to my hopes for Mrs. Figg.  Yes, I 
will bet $$$$ on her.  Here is why. As I think about it, Mrs. Figg 
doing magic at Privet Dr. would have more of an impact on the 
Dursley's, especially on Petunia, than if it were one of the Dursleys 
themselves.  Let me explain:

Petunia puts great stock in what the neighbors think.  She has 
structured her whole life around `what the neighbors think'. (I think 
she is modeled on Hyacinth in the British sitcom "Keeping Up 
Appearances") Imagine the pure shock of discovering that 
the `neighbors' are part of the WW too!  When Petunia sees Mrs. Figg 
doing magic, Petunia will not know that this is Figgy's first 
successfully attempt.  Petunia will say to herself "my God, they are 
everywhere!!"   "They are my NEIGHBORS!!"

And a great change will come over Petunia because of this. This is 
the 'something about Petunia" that we will discover in book 7.

Tonks_op