missing 24 hours

[Annette]

No: HPFGUIDX 174843

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "luna_loco" <peckham at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Margaret Shannon
> <maggyshannon@> wrote:
> >
> > One mystery DH didn't clear up for me is the question of what  
> > happened between the deaths of Lily and James and Harry's arrival 
at  
> > the Dursley house not quite 24 hours later.  Did I miss 
something?   
> > Thanks, Maggy
> >
> 
> No new information directly applicable to the missing 24 hours was
> provided, but there was additional background provided that allow 
for
> better guesses about the time to be made.  Pieces of information 
that
> were not previously available are that the attack occurred early
> enough in the evening for children still to be out on the street and
> that the Potters had neighbors they were friendly with (as opposed 
to
> Muggle neighbors that would have been generally unaware of the
> Potters).  Theories that Voldemort was accompanied by Wormtail or 
that
> Lilly performed some special charm also appear to be incorrect.
> 
> All this suggests that when the attack occurred and the Potter's 
house
> had a section collapse, Bathilda Bagshot or some other neighbor 
would
> have likely heard the disturbance and been able to send a message to
> either Dumbledore, the Ministry, or both.  From this point news of 
the
> event spread fast enough for witches and wizards across the country 
to
> have learned of the event before Vernon Dursley's morning commute to
> work.  In the mean time, while Hagrid was collecting Harry, 
Dumbledore
> was undoubtedly spending time at the Ministry taking care of the 
legal
> details involved with moving Harry to the Dursleys.
> 
> This reasoning still leaves one big question unanswered: How did
> Dumbledore know that Lily sacrificed her life for Harry?  Unless one
> of the devices Dumbledore kept in his office was able to provide the
> needed information, the answer to this question is still unknown.
> 
> Allen

cariad:

I thought that ( but no canon supports it) DD witnessed the attack 
from under James' Invisibility Cloak. Of course, there would be no 
reason why DD could not have stopped the murders except he arrived 
too late. James fell and he just saw Lily throw out her arms to 
protect Harry. DD asumed that Harry was dead too and apparated out of 
there. Cowardly, yes, shocked and numb, obviously; but human, very 
human.

cariad.
>