Thoughts on Dumbledore letting Voldimort into the school

[Christopher Nuttall]

No: HPFGUIDX 50934

We have been assuming that Dumbledore either did not know that Voldemort was concealed in Qurrell's turban or he allowed him to room the school unchecked.  Either of them is pretty bad from the side of dumbledore's need to keep the children safe, but I did have three thoughts about why he might allow him to enter.

1) We know the Qurrell talked to Snape (who, as we learn from book 4, was a DE and later a spy).  Could part of the idea be to allow snape a chance to get back into Voldemort's good graces?

2) What's keeping Voldemort on earth and not going to the next world?  He says in book 4 that he nearly gave up hope.  If he had, would he have vanished?  Remember the way of getting to the stone could not be used by voldemort.  If he had got as far as the end, risked being poisoned, crushed and sliced to bits by mad keys, would he not dispair when  the stone was denied him by his own nature?  If so, would he have died?

3) could Dumbledore have been hoping that if Harry touched Voldemort, it would kill him for good?  Therefore, he want to a great deal of trouble to get the  two foes together in an all-or-nothing situation and keep them away from the rest of the school, just in case.  

Best of all, whats to stop these two plans working together?  

Chris

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