The Gleam! The Gleam!

[dan_blakey]

No: HPFGUIDX 139202

Pippin wrote:
> Dumbledore knew, when he heard that Voldemort had taken
> Harry's blood, that  Voldemort would excuse Snape for not
> offing Harry when he had the chance, and therefore Snape could
> indeed resume his role as spy. Thus the gleam of triumph,
> and thus the reason said gleam has not yet been explained.
> 
> SNIP


Dan:

I've been mulling this one over for some time as a long time HP4GU 
lurker! Here are some facts as I see them: 

1. Harry is protected through his blood because of Lily's sacrifice

2. To maintain this protection Harry must return to a "home" where 
his mother's blood resides, in Petunia. A week is long enough to 
provide another year's protection. 

3. This is magic that Voldemort despises, possibly does not fully 
comprehend, and under-estimates. 

4. Voldemort took Harry's blood to regenerate and could touch Harry 
in the imediate aftermath.

5. We are told through Snape in HBP that V. thinks he is 
now "invincible" english edition spinners end p 38

It is my belief that the protection conferred in the graveyard in 
GoF to Voldemort can no longer exist! Harry MUST go back to the 
Dursley's to allow the protection to continue, which (unless he has 
been hiding under the sofa ;-) )Voldmort has not been. The 
protection in V. was fleeting (maybe lasting a year?) but as he both 
underestimates and despises the ancient magic he has overlooked it 
(as he did at Godric's Hollow). If Snape is right and he believes 
himself invincible this could be his downfall, and the cause of 
Dumbledore's mysterious Gleam!

Dan