[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore is the Secret-Keeper?

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 5995



Odile wrote:

> We learn in book 3 that when there is a secret magically stored
> within a human being, then a person cannot see what has been hidden
> before  them even if they are staring right at them.  We also learned
> that Dumbledore offered the Potters to be their Secret-Keeper instead
> of Sirius.
>
> Is it safe to assume that Dumbledore is Harry's Secret-Keeper and
> therefore, Voldemort cannot find Harry while he is at the Dursleys?
> Or can we assume that Vernon Dursely is the Secret-Keeper, without
> knowing? (I think it's Dumbledore.)
>
> Odile

I think not.  If you'll re-read Chapter 19 of PoA, you'll see that Sirius
says that he "persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last
moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of [Sirius]."
>From this, I get the impression that whoever benefits from the Fidelius
protection has to know about it, or perhaps even be involved in the
performing of it.  Sirius is speaking of Lily and James here as if they are
the actors, not merely passive bystanders.  And certainly Harry isn't aware
that he has performed any spell to make any of the Dursleys his
Secret-Keepers.

No, I think the "ancient magic" protection the Dursleys give Harry that
Dumbledore is speaking of is something different than the Fidelius spell.

Peg