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

[Robert Gonzalez]

No: HPFGUIDX 47676

> With only 99 posts left to read...
>
> 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
>
> Sherry's 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).
>

Now me:
Maybe none of the bottles were filled to capacity so no assumptions could be
made based on how much remained in the bottles. If they did refill
automatically like the chess board reset maybe it was always only supposed
to contain enough for one.
What I want to know is if one bottle was to get through the Black flames and
another was to get through the Purple then why if Quirrel was just in the
other room were the flames was not still going when Harry and Hermione got
to that room?
This leads me to believe that Quirrel did not solve this puzzle but did
something else to put out the flames.

Rob