Chapter Twenty Four
It was over seven years until he saw them again.
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The morning after he got dropped off, he got a letter in the mail. The address read:
Mr. H. Potter
The Cupboard Under the Stairs
4 Privet Drive
Little Whinging
Surrey
The cupboard under the stairs, Harry though. But how could they know that that was where he slept? He didn't even get mail.
He wandered into the kitchen, handing everyone else their mail, still staring at the letter. Then he heard Dudley cry out. Of all the things that Dudley notices, of course it has to be the letter, of all things.
Harry thought of a word that he had heard Rissa mutter under her breath, and struggled to hold on to the letter as Uncle Vernon wrestled it from his grasp. Harry and Dudley were quickly shuffled out of the room, with the door locked behind them.
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When Harry finally got his letter, it was on his birthday. A large man, (with an umbrella) gave it to him.
And then he understood what Rissa meant.