Random DH questions from a lowly Muggle

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 174170

> Mindy asked:
> > > 1) Who DID betray Harry's escape date from Privet Drive to LV? 
I seem to have missed that.
>  
> Donna replies:
> That would be Snape. Remember, DD told Snape he would have to 
> relay the date info to Voldy to remain credible. . 
> 
> Mindy asked: 
> > > 2) Who was Snape's 'source' to LV? I know it was DD, but LV 
didn't know that - so who was his 'source'?
>  
> Donna replies: 
> I am going to guess Mundungus - not that Mundungas was a willing 
> source, but Snape was obviously meeting with him (to implant info 
> on DD's orders) so it would make a good alibi to give Voldy.  


JW:
I had a completely different approach.  IMO, the author set up 
Mundungus as an obvious but false traitor, similar to the false 
trails she set in earlier books.  I had already believed that Petunia 
was a spy for the DE during VW1, out of jealousy of Lily.  Under this 
approach, Snape was Pet's contact - and now we do know they were 
acquaintances from childhood.  Certainly, LV would have known the 
existence of this spy.  It is axiomatic that Pet knew the correct 
date for HP's escape plan.  I assumed that Snape told LV that Petunia 
was the source of this info, as she (assumedly) had been the source 
of info many years before.

Needless to say, I was quite disappointed that the Dursleys (or their 
correspondence) did not re-enter the story to support these 
conjectures.  However, I will wait patiently for the encyclopedia to 
prove them.  

Dum de de dum dum de dum de de dum... is it published yet?