In defense of Harry's honor/Dumbledore's parties

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No: HPFGUIDX 55808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "innermurk" <innermurk at c...> 
wrote:

'On another note in a post a while ago (sorry I don't have the name 
or a reference) someone also said that Dumbledore attended several 
parties before coming to Privet Drive and that shed some sort of 
doubt as to his character. In my US version of SS, he says he PASSED 
several parties on his way. I always took this to mean he was trying 
to focus on the good of what happened (that Voldemort is gone and his 
reign of terror has ended) and is trying to help McGonagall do the 
same. He never said he attended any of the parties, just that he 
passed by them. I couldn't let DD go under that kind of attack and 
not stand up for him.'

Here is the (Canadian) Raincoast edition, which is identical to the 
(UK) Bloomsbury edition:

'...I must have passed a dozen feasts and parties on the way here.'

Bill