[HPforGrownups] "A certain disregard for rules" (was Re: Harry's importance and...)

[Becky Walkden]

No: HPFGUIDX 57350

Without repeating the long discussions on this, I would like to add my 2 cents that Harry really didn't put the Philosopher's Stone in anymore danger by going after it.  There was no way Quirrell was going to be able to get that stone from him. By the time Dumbledore arrived, it's true Harry was passing out but it does look like Quireell was in far worse shape then Harry was.  So if he hadn't gone after it, what would have happened?  We don't know.  Quite likely Dumbledore would have caught him but not necessarily.  Also, since he had Voldemort's assistance and Voldy is quite sharp ("Best student we've ever had at Hogsworth" Dumbledore called him), it is possible they could have gotten past the mirror and secured it before Dumbledore arrived.  Probably not but we'll never know for sure.  But it was really quite safe in Harry's pocket!  Dumbledore indicated to Harry, it was Harry's life he was worried about because other then possibly dying, he was doing "quite well." 

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