[HPforGrownups] Re: Mirror and Obstacles (why Harry...stone?)

[Sherry Garfio]

No: HPFGUIDX 47667

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Scheherezade said
> 
> > >Which brings me to a Flint-like inconsistency... if there was only
> > >enough potion for one person, how come Quirrel and Harry had enough
> > >to drink?  Unless Quirrel planned ahead and knew what potion he'd
> > >need...

Melody replied:
> 
> > That is not a Flint.  Harry said there was only enough for either
> > Hermione or himself.  This is after Quirrell is already in the next
> > room, so it stands to reason that there was enough for two people in
> > that rounded bottle.  Now I ask you why is that so convenient?  :)

Scheherezade countered:
> yes, but, if there was originally two doses of the potion in the bottle, 
> wouldn't Hermione or Harry notice that there was less in that one bottle? 
> meaning that someone had already drunk it?
> 
> -Scheherazade, knows that there is *something* wrong with that potions 
> sequence, but can't quite put her finger on it

Possible explanations:

- If the various bottles were different enough in shape, the fact that one of
them had half as much potion as the others would have been less apparent.

- Each bottle had a different amount of potion in it to begin with - some only
had one dose, some had several, so the "right" bottle may not have been the
only one with one dose left.

- JKR wanted to showcase Hermione's powers of deduction, and therefore glossed
over this little detail.  (I really wish she had included all of the clues in
the text; I wanted to play along at home!)

I do think it's significant (as Melody implied) that the "right" bottle had 2
doses to begin with.  Perhaps it was originally planned as a way for Dumbledore
to follow the intruder (how *did* Dumbledore get in there, anyway?  Did he have
his own hip-flask?).  Or it was planned for Harry all along, and having 2 doses
ensured that Harry would be alone with the intruder (refer to numerous other
posts for theories on why that may have been important).

- Sherry


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