[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore (Was:Could the Stone have been Not Destroyed?)

[Fiat Incantatum]

No: HPFGUIDX 35454

On 18 Feb 2002 at 20:15, Andrew MacIan wrote:

> > 8. Dumbledore was counting on Harry to figure out
> > where the stone was
> > and who was after it.
> 
> Again...WHY HARRY?  What's Prof D's motive in pitting
> a 13 year old child against the most powerful Dark
> wizard in the world?

Perhaps the child is the *only one* that has the ability to face down 
Voldemort?  Yes, Voldemort fears Dumbledore, but Harry's the only one who ever 
set him back any distance.  Maybe there is no one else to be sent.


  
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