Dumbledore and PS(was:Snape's greatest fear; Our Man Snape

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 1173

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brian  Dorband" <dorband at u...> 
wrote:

> Anybody else not entirely satisfied with the cursory explanation
> given by Dumbledore regarding the Philosopher's Stone?  This great
> and  powerful thing - the pursuit of all alchemists - was just 
> destroyed?!?!  I think not. 

A thought occured to me on the bus this morning: in GoF, there are a 
number of references to Harry noticing for the first time Dumbledore 
looking old. It could be Harry is now looking more closely. It could 
that Dumbledore is suffering from stress. It could be that Dumbledore 
has reached the point in one's life where one starts going downhill 
rapidly. 

OR it could be that he had previously been using a little of Flamel's 
Elixir of Life to slow down his aging, and now its absence is 
catching up with him -- which would be an indication that the Stone 
really was destroyed.