Elixir of Life

[Kathy]

No: HPFGUIDX 74597

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "biggladolaf" 
<biggladolaf at y...> wrote:
> Hi. I am Olaf, glad and big, and this is my first post.
> Whar I'm wondering is why, in SS, Voldemort/Quirrel didn't nip down 
> to Devon and pinch some elixir from Nicholas Flamel? His house is 
> probably a much easier target for a B&E job than Gringott's or 
> Hogwarts. Even if he eventually needed the stone itself, he would 
> have been in a much stronger position if he had a few shots of 
elixir 
> under his belt. Anyone who had looked into the subject of the 
> philosopher's stone would know that Nicholas Flamel was the one who 
> discovered it. Obviously it would be hard to take the elixir from 
him 
> by force, since it makes him immortal, but stealth and cunning 
would 
> have been worth a try.
> thank you.
> Olaf, glad and big


What if Quirrel tried to get at Flamel and was somehow unsuccessful?  
Or maybe he couldn't get any elixir but managed to discover the 
whereabouts of the stone when he learned it was not with Flamel.  
Flamel then warns Dumbledore that someone is after the stone, though 
he doesn't know it's Hogwart's DADA teacher.  Dumbledore then has 
Hagrid take the stone from it's vault at Gringott's to Hogwarts where 
Dumbledore is able to give it proper protection.  
I don't think it's mentioned anywhere in PS/SS why they decided to 
move the stone to Hogwarts at that particular time.  There must have 
been some reason to believe that it was in danger at the bank.  
Perhaps an attempt to steal the elixir alerted them to the danger.

KathyK (hoping this makes sense at 4am)