[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: PS/SS 1, The Boy Who Lived

[Meliss9900 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 187691

 
In a message dated 9/2/2009 1:35:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk writes:

Surely  Mrs.Figg was already there?

The need for Harry to go to the Dursleys  wasn't something that was 
planned. It came out of the blue. Mrs.Figg, as a  Squib, couldn't be 
installed in a suburban English road at such short  notice. There wouldn't 
be a property available in the time frame. And you  could hardly do a 
"Grimmauld Place" and insert a magical house into the  scenery.


Exactly. It wasn't planned hence the need to plant her in the area or at  
the very least to set the magical wheels in motion to move her to the  area 
quickly. (Perhaps some couple suddenly "decided" to retire to  Australia or 
New Zealand ala the Grangers). I just find that more believable  than the 
coincidence of a squib happening to live a few streets down from the  Dursleys. 
Melissa
 


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