CHAPDISC: PS/SS 1, The Boy Who Lived

[geoff_bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 187692

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at ... wrote:

Geoff;
> 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.

Melissa:
> 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. 

Geoff:
Well, we must agree to disagree on that one. I suspect that JKR may  not have 
thought that one through.

PS Can you put your name at the beginning of your reply. Otherwise, two different responses can initially appear to be from the same person.