Dumbledore in CoS was Re: The Keeper of the Keys.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 113324

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> I wonder how DD got him the job? So far as I  can see nobody 
ever  questioned the assumption that Hagrid had been 
responsible for  releasing a monster on the school, resulting in 
the death of a student,  yet he gets a job back at the scene of the 
crime. So did no-one object to his appointment? Did  no-one 
suggest that letting Hagrid play with  nasty beasties  might bring 
on a relapse and with it the temptation to  let his enthusiasm run 
away with him once again?<

Pippin:
"A story was put out that the girl had died in a freak accident" 
--CoS ch 13. Hagrid may never have been officially connected 
with the death.  At  aged thirteen he was no doubt apprenticed to 
his predecessor, and eventually proposed to succeed him. The 
Board of Governors wouldn't want that old scandal dredged up, 
now would they? 

Kneasy:
> I'd be surprised if DD hadn't put two and two together; spiders 
 terrified; a death, petrifications. Not specifically mentioned, 
 strangely enough; other students were attacked, but the results 
of  those attacks aren't described. What other result could there 
be?  Basilisks either kill with a look, a bite or petrify with the 
glance  indirect. And survivors of  attacks would identify the 
monster that   attacked them.<

Pippin:
Myrtle was a survivor of sorts, but she only remembers the great 
big yellow eyes. No doubt there was some sort of 
disillusionment charm on the monster. Someone would have 
seen it  otherwise. Wizarding accounts do not mention the 
basilisk's ability to petrify,so it's possible that Tom learned of  
this forgotten ability in the muggle world.  That would make it 
difficult even for Dumbledore to figure out what was really going 
on.

Kneasy:
> It's worth noting that there is no indication that anyone in Tom's 
time  knew that the Chamber had been found and opened; so  
far as they were  aware a dangerous monster had run riot, 
Hagrid had been apprehended and  it had all been cleared up, 
though  why they should  assume that when the monster wasn't 
caught or killed,  seems a bit odd. Except for DD - 
> after Colin Creevey is attacked in CoS:
>   "It means that the Chamber of Secrets is indeed open again."
> And he is well aware of "who", but not "how". Just "what" the 
monster  is  must also be known to him, whether he admits it or 
not.<

Pippin:
Draco knows that the Chamber was opened before and that  the 
Heir was responsible. Tom also says that he thought someone 
would realize Hagrid couldn't have been the Heir, so maybe 
there were messages on the wall that time also. Of course the 
governors would be very anxious to think it was all a hoax by a 
disturbed student.
 
Kneasy:
> When you think  about it, with all that [Dumbledore]'s likely to  
know about the  events in Toms time, his demeanor  during CoS 
is inexplicable. He acts as if he hasn't a clue with how to  deal 
with the situation and allows  himself to be deposed as 
Headmaster. Why? What was the point?<

Pippin:

Dumbledore was suspended from office, but we have no idea 
whether he actually left the castle. (He's not as gone as you 
might think.)  

DD was not entirely unprepared. He was obviously  expecting the 
attacks since Professor Sprout has laid in mandrake. Best to 
grow them on site, since plants can easily be disguised.  

Dumbledore knows he is unable to locate the chamber, and that 
the real danger is not the basilisk but Voldemort. Deprive him of 
his weapon and LV will merely seize another. DD will know that 
Voldemort  does not want the school shut down, so  no student 
will die until LV has gained his objective, which is undoubtedly 
Harry Potter. The student body as a whole is  safe, for the 
present.

Since Dumbledore himself cannot destroy Voldemort, and  Harry 
already has on him all the magical protections that Dumbledore 
can give, what else is Dumbledore to do, except watch and hope 
that Harry can discover where the chamber is before Voldemort 
gets careless or impatient and somebody else gets killed?

Pippin
who thinks that Hermione would never write on a library book, 
and that the 'pipes' clue was forged by Riddle