CHAPTER DISCUSSION: PS/SS 3, The Letters from No One

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No: HPFGUIDX 187813


> Pippin:
> JKR's chronologies are the despair of the well-organized mind. But it seems that within hours of leaving Harry at Privet Drive, Dumbledore was enlisting Snape to protect him against Voldemort's return. 


Potioncat:
Why do you think the conversation with Snape took place after Harry was left at the Dursleys? I don't have my book with me to double check, but I had the impression that the conversation with Snape took place almost immediately after DD found out about the Potters. Snape doesn't act like someone who has known about Lily all day.

So I think DD sent Hagrid for Harry, then spoke to Snape, then did some more unknown stuff, then went to the Dursleys that evening.


I never thought about the impression DD was giving by leaving Harry with his Muggle relatives---that he wasn't expecting LV back. But I think you're right. I also think DD couldn't check on Harry personally because he didn't want LV to know that DD held any special concern for Harry.