Dumbledore's Plan?

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No: HPFGUIDX 124874



I'm new so pardon me if this has been spotted.  I've just finished 
reading Book 1 again. In DD's talk with Harry at the end he responds 
in answer to H asking "Voldemort's going to try other ways of coming 
back, isn't he?"  DD says "....not being truly alive, he cannot be 
killed."  One of the problems seems to be, if DD set up this whole 
adventure as a training for Harry or as a test, DD seems very 
unconcerned about the possibiliy of V getting the Stone as well as 
unconcerned about Harry.  Maybe he was not concerned because DD knew 
from the prophecy that:
     1.  Only Harry could defeat V.
     2.  V could only be killed if he regained his life.
     3.  Sooner or later V had to regain life in order to be
         defeated by Harry.

In OOTP I note in chapter 37, DD remembers the first year and 
says, "much sooner - than I had anticipated, you found yourself
face-to-face with Voldemort".

So, if this was a plan/test for Harry,  V was not part of the plan.  
Maybe DD felt, this will be a good test/trial for him.  If the Stone 
gets lost (he didn't anticipate V taking it himself), it was well
guarded, but if it finally winds up with V, so be it.  He'll regain 
life eventually somehow, indeed he must for Harry to finally kill 
him.  But, he assumed the stone if taken, would only be taken by 
Harry, and then only for unselfish reasons, since it could only be 
taken by someone who didn't want to use it.   

Do we know DD knew a bad guy (Quirrel) was in their midst?  I suppose 
Snape would have told DD about his suspicions.  

Maybe DD felt H was up to dealing with Q, and didn't think V was a 
possibilty at all.  

Just wondering,
                Jean B.