CHAPDISC: PS/SS 1, The Boy Who Lived

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 187684

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
 
> How did McG even know that Hagrid would be there since he 
> apparently didn't return to Hogwarts? 


zanooda:

According to McGonagall, it was Hagrid who told her that DD will come to the Privet Drive: "'Hagrid's late. I suppose it was he who told you I'd be here, by the way?' - 'Yes'". She was waiting not for Hagrid, but for DD. She probably knew that Hagrid was also supposed to come, but she didn't even know why. She also only knew the address, not that Harry's relatives lived there, and she didn't seem to know when exactly to expect DD. This is all a little confusing to me, I must say :-).


> Alla wrote:

> Why does Vernon refer to Harry as Howard? Is it because 
> he heard Hogwarts at some points and this rhymes with 
> this word somewhat and this is what he remembered? 


zanooda:

I believe he was just naming other names that start with an "H", because earlier in the chapter, before "Howard", he also thinks of "Harvey" and "Harold" :-).