Fees for Harry / Running Water / Wand Lore

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 179342

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at ...> wrote:
>
> Lizzyben wrote in
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/179247>:
> 
> << DD had access to the Potters' bank vault for eleven years. And in
> all those years, DD never once withdrew some money to provide for
> Harry's care. >>
> 
> Do we actually *know* that? If there was a large deposit into Vernon
> and Petunia's Muggle checking account each month, quarter, or year,
> and it had been announced in the letter that was left tucked in with
> baby Harry on the doorstep, would the Dursleys ever have said anything
> about it to Harry, our viewpoint character? 

lizzyben:

Well, yeah, maybe he e-transferred Gringotts gold directly to the 
Durseleys' bank account, or maybe he embezzeled funds for ten years to 
buy wizarding robes & Caribbean cruises. But when Harry first discovers 
his Gringotts bank vault, he realizes that the Dursleys had no idea 
that he had inherited money:

"All Harry's -- it was incredible. The Dursleys couldn't have known 
about this or they'd have had it from him faster than blinking. How 
often had they complained how much Harry cost them to keep? And all the 
time there had been a small fortune belonging to him, buried deep under 
London." (SS)

Petunia complains about the expense of keeping Harry, but never 
mentions getting any financial support. When DD goes to chastise the 
Dursleys in HBP, he never mentions giving the Dursleys any monetary 
payments, or complains that the Dursleys misused the money they were 
given. Because they weren't given any money. Vernon Dursley first 
realizes that Harry might have money in HBP, & his attitude changes at 
that time. 


lizzyben