Dumbledore & Harry's security

[dj_bagshaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 85971

eiffelangel:  <snip>I can only conclude that Dumbledoe 
> > can turn into a bee, if not some kind of insect. Re-read and note 
> > all of the instances when Harry or someone else hears a bug 
> > (and it may not be Rita Skeeter). If you ask me, this would be a 
> > guise fit for the omniscient professor. Who would suspect a fly 
in 
> > their room of being the ever-present Headmaster?
> 
now theredshoe86: 
> On page 725 in The Order of the Phoenix, when they're taking their
> O.W.L.S:  
> "... Harry stared fixedly at the first question.  It was several
> seconds before it occurred to him that he had not taken in a word of
> it; there was a wasp buzzing distractingly against one of the high
> windows..."  
> I'M VERY SURE that Rowling wouldn't have included that bit if it 
wasn't
> important.  It's one of those details that you don't pay any 
attention
> to, and then after reading later books, you re-read the older ones 
and
> catch clues.  This is definitely a clue.  I think.  (:  Any 
comments?????

Now Me:

Interesting, I never thought of this before...but now that you 
mention it, there is a related quote that jumps into my mind straight 
away.  At the end of OoP when Dumbledore is trying to explain to 
Harry why it was that he never told the truth about the prophecy, he 
says "I defy anyone who has watched you as I have - and I have 
watched you more closely than you can have imagined..."(739 UK ed.).  

Has Dumbledore been visiting Privit Drive for years?  It wouldn't 
surprise me if he had the ability...as Dumbledore is commonly 
referred to the most powerful wizard of this age, it is unlikely that 
there is *any* spell out of Dumbledore's abilities, least of all a 
spell mastered by James, Serius and Pettegrew in their fifth year.  I 
bet if you went through each book closely enough you would find many 
hints that suggest something of this nature...

~Kate