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No: HPFGUIDX 103885

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> wrote:
>snip> 
> All of these lead me to think that Dumbledore had advance knowledge, but not
> much. Just enough time to get a few people there, arriving in time to
> witness what happened but not to influence it.
> 
> And I'm still with you about Dumbledore spending his time debriefing (or
> perhaps interrogating) the source of his information.
> 

Hm. Who knew what when -  a few answers to  those sorts of questions
would make life a lot easier for the poor poster.

You could go back even further.
A couple of days back I was relaxing over a pint, chatting and recounting
some of the threads on the site to someone who has read the books but
can't be considered to be an avid fan. And I was  asked a question I've
never considered before:
Who told Voldy that the Potters and Longbottoms were the hot favourites
for starring roles in the upcoming Herod re-enactment? 

IIRC, DD says that he identified Harry and Neville as likely candidates
from families *that were in the Order*. A nice distinction. Presumably
he produced his short-list based on the "thrice defied" phrase (another
blank spot in our knowledge -  have they faced Voldy 3 times and
survived? Then why not also at GH?)

He's heard the Prophecy but tells no-one  about it. He makes his
deductions. Meanwhile the eavesdropper hears only the first 
part of the Prophecy (how much of it? We need to know!). It then 
takes *2 years* for Voldy to react.  Why? If the eavesdropper is a
Voldy supporter and passes the message on, that plus Peter (who
according to Sirius worked with the baddies for 2 years before the
GH debacle) leads one to think that he would have made his strike
much sooner.

This could indicate that the eavesdropper *didn't* pass on the 
information immediately, but waited a looong time  before doing so.
Or that there was *another* leak much closer to the time of the actual
attack. This leak was then picked up by DD's agent and passed back.
Otherwise the protracted time delay followed by the sudden hurry-up
to get the Potters under cover doesn't make much sense.
 
This would sit very well with your theory of a fourth (or even fifth?) 
person being involved. 

It do get complicated, don't it?

Kneasy