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No: HPFGUIDX 103473

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> wrote:
> 
> Would you take the idea of a "Fourth Party", perhaps? The one who forewarned
> Dumbledore that the attack would be coming? At great personal risk?
> 

Hum. We  seem to be attracting a crowd.

Not sure I would, or at least not without some hint in canon.
So far we have: 
Harry (who can't remember much)
Voldy (who's not saying much)
The 'Third Party' (who's saying nothing)
On the outside is DD who 'knows' but keeps his own counsel.

I'd always assumed that DD surmised the probability of an attack on
the Potters from reading between the lines of the Prophecy. What we 
don't know is how long the Potters were in hiding - a snippet of info
that could be enlightening. Did they suddenly rush off after a recent
warning (Snape perhaps?) or had they been in hiding for some time,
sort of on general principles?  It matters, I think - it affects whatever
theory you want to put together.

For the time being I'd prefer to keep it simple - the putative Fourth 
Man can vamp 'till ready in the background until his appearance is 
necessary to explain the inexplicable. 
But if you want to posit an alternative....

Kneasy