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Slowlyandverycarefullyheunscrewedtheinkbottle,dippedhisquillintoit,andbegantowrite,pausingeverynowandthentolisten,becauseifanyoftheDursleysheardthescratchingofhisquillontheirwaytothebathroom,he’dprobablyfindhimselflockedinthecupboardunderthestairsfortherestofthesummer.
TheDursleyfamilyofNumberFour,PrivetDrive,wasthereasonthatHarryneverenjoyedhissummerholidays.UncleVernon,AuntPetunia,andtheirson,Dudley,wereHarry’sonlylivingrelatives.TheywereMuggles,andtheyhadaverymedievalattitudetowardmagic.Harry’sdeadparents,whohadbeenawitchandwizardthemselves,werenevermentionedundertheDursleys’roof.Foryears,AuntPetuniaandUncleVernonhadhopedthatiftheykeptHarryasdowntroddenaspossible,theywouldbeabletosquashthemagicoutofhim.Totheirfury,theyhadnotbeenunsuccessful.ThesedaystheylivedinterrorofanyonefindingoutthatHarryhadspentmostofthelasttwoyearsatHogwartsSchoolofWitchcraftandWizardry.Themosttheycoulddo,however,wastolockawayHarry’sspellbooks,wand,cauldron,andbroomstickatthestartofthesummerbreak,andforbidhimtotalktotheneighbors.
ThisseparationfromhisspellbookshadbeenarealproblemforHarry,becausehisteachersatHogwartshadgivenhimalotofholidaywork.Oneoftheessays,aparticularlynastyoneaboutshrinkingpotions,wasforHarry’sleastfavoriteteacher,ProfessorSnape,whowouldbedelightedtohaveanexcusetogiveHarrydetentionforamonth.Harryhadthereforeseizedhischanceinthefirstweekoftheholidays.
