Guarding the Stone

[Tammy]

No: HPFGUIDX 119667


> > 
> > Pippin:
> > And who did Hermione and Ron meet in the entrance hall, if DD 
> > was lurking in the dungeons? TT!Dumbledore ? 
> > Polyjuiced!Snape?  Metamorphed Tonks?  The possibilities are 
> > endless!
> > 
> >
> 
> Kneasy:
> Tsk, tsk.
> Mocking poor old Kneasy. Shame on you.
> DD's actual presence was, as I said, a possibility only, ("he may").
> Be fun if he was, but even a dyed-in-the-wool compulsive
> theorist like me has to recognise that it's odds against. Pity.
> But I'll stand firm in believing that he was lurking somewhere in 
> the vicinity.
> 
> More timing questions.
> Hermione says that it "took a while" to bring Ron round, then they 
> had to retrace their steps, then on down to the Entrance Hall. No
> instant response, all over in two ticks sequence. It hinges on how
> long 'a while' is. Me, I think it's maybe just long enough to give 
> support to my suspicions. 
> (Motto: when there's elbow room, use it; where there's doubt,
> exploit it.)
> 
> DD already knows what's happened when they meet him.
> "Harry's gone after him, hasn't he?"
> What a fascinating question! 
> The sort of question that might (might? Ha!) make one suspect 
> that DD already knows who 'he' is? Ooh! The possibilities that
> could spring from that. (Mind into overdrive, steam seeps from
> ears. Nurse! The ice packs! Quickly!) 
> 
> And how did he know that? 
> More importantly - When did he know that?
> Care  to make a guess?

Tammy replies:

Oh, that one is easy to answer - Snape told him of course :P My theory
is that Snape told Dumbledore from the beginning all about his
suspicions. That would explain why Dumbledore showed up at the second
Quidditch match, 'cause Dumbledore told him everything right after it
happened.

Beyond that, Dumbledore can probably see whatever anyone sees in the
mirror (hence why he knew Harry had been going there), so he knew that
Quirrell had stood in front of the mirror, and that the mirror had
given Harry the stone and it was time for him (Dumbledore) to return
to Hogwarts from whatever hiding place he had chosen (forest maybe?)

-Tammy