[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's Tear

[Buttercup]

No: HPFGUIDX 78221


> Buttercup wrote:
> 
> > he finally burdens Harry with the prophecy. He
> DOES
> > cry when he tells Harry why he didn't choose him
> as
> > prefect, which is probably the last and least
> > important thing on Harry's mind.
> 
Richelle wrote:

> I don't think it's over the Prefect issue that the
> tear came about, but
> over, in Dumbledore's words ". . . you had enough
> responsibility to be going
> on with."  Considering he had just, in effect, told
> a fifteen year old boy
> who was already in great distress from grief that he
> had to by all accounts
> save the world, it's understandable.   Since
> Dumbledore knew the prophecy
> all along, the first time he held Harry at Privet
> Drive when leaving him on
> the Dursley's doorstep he knew this was the child
> that would grow up to save
> the world.  The WW from Voldemort at any rate.  The
> tear wasn't from the
> "why Harry wasn't prefect issue" but from the
> "enough responsibility" part.

Buttercup:

Thanks for explaining that nicely. Now I understand.

=====
Buttercup

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