What Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised

[Kevin]

No: HPFGUIDX 77926

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "michaelkgidlow" 
<Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> I can't help but think that Dumbledore's seeing socks in the Mirror 
> of Erised is a clue to something important. We know that to a house 
> elf a sock means freedom, so could it be that Dumbledore wants to 
be 
> freed from something? Any ideas?
> 

> Michael Gidlow


Freedom, perhaps, from the awesome responsibilities of being the 
leader of the "good" faction in the Harry Potter universe? Freedom 
from the constant scrutiny from his "peers" at the MoM?

At least, those are what came into my mind as I read that passage...

Kevin