"A certain disregard for rules" (was Re: Harry's importan...

[innermurk]

No: HPFGUIDX 57282

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, NoaniFMI at a... wrote:
> Bill (mongo62aa at y...)
> 
> No, that is not the case.  After the fact, when DD was speaking 
with Harry he 
> said (paraphrase)  "Only someone who wanted to find the stone-but 
not use it- 
> would be able to obtain it from the mirror."
> 
> So it was, essentially, protected from Quirrell.
> 

How do you know that Quirrell!Voldemort wouldn't have figured out the 
enchantment and been able to reverse it? He was after all (according 
to Dumbledore who CAST the enchantment) "One of the most brilliant 
students Hogwarts has ever seen"
AND I've always wondered if the answer to getting it by cheating 
wasn't already stated in the chapter. Quirrell wonders if he should 
break the mirror. How do we know the stone wouldn't have come 
tumbling out if the mirror was broken?
So, Harry might've saved the stone just in time!

Innermurk