....what I SHOULD have told you....

[laylalast]

No: HPFGUIDX 54504

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grace701" <grace701 at y...> 
wrote:
>> "Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-
>> moon glasses. 'It is time,' he said, "for me to tell you what I 
>> should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am 
>> going to tell you everything.'"
> 
> Greicy wrote:

> After reading this for the umpteenth time it sounds like Dumbledore 
> is regretting not telling Harry something and I'm that impression 
> from where he says "I should have told you".  As though, something 
> has just happened that could have been prevented.  
> 
> <snip>

Now me:

I have the impression that Dumbledore refers to the talk he and Harry 
had after Harry's first encounter with Voldemort. Harry said: 'Sir, 
there are some other things I'd like to know, if you can tell me....'.
Dumbledore promises Harry to tell the truth, but cannot yet answer 
Harry's first question afterwards: '..But why would he (Voldemort) 
want to kill me in the first place?'
Dumbledore answers that he will tell Harry when he is older, when he 
is ready. (UKPB PS/SS ch 17 pg 216 )
It seems to me that Dumbledore now regrets that he did not answer 
Harry's first question five years ago (Please let me be right, I'm 
dying to know!) and does not refer to something that has just 
happened.

Layla