Random Questions from The Boy Who Lived

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 164969

> montims:
> actually, it says: "None of them noticed a large tawny owl flutter 
past the
> window"... I have had the thought that maybe the owl was bringing a 
letter
> to Prof McGonagall, who - as a cat - was on the corner of the street 
when
> Vernon left, reading a map. She wouldn't have needed a map to Privet 
Drive,
> as she was already there. Was she tracking Hagrid's progress???

va32h here:

My impression is that McGonagall had just arrived on Privet Drive. She 
consults the map and then reads the street sign. She is making sure 
she's in the right place. 

There are several wizards out and about on this day - Vernon notices 
them as groups of strangely dressed people on the streetcorners. This 
particular tawny owl may have been simply passing by the Dursely home 
on its way to deliver a note from one wizarding family to another. The 
local news reports that evening that the skies were full of owls. 

va32h