When does a war begin?

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 120940


> Neri:
snip.

According to the Lexicon's timeline, the year ends about two weeks
after DD is back at Hogwarts, and yet in the Hogwarts Express back to
London Marietta is still jinxed. So it seems that either DD couldn't
unjinx her (even with Hermione's help, which she surely would have
given if asked by him) or he couldn't be bothered. The first option
suggests that the jinx is VERY difficult to break. The second option
suggests that DD doesn't think Marietta's condition is all that
unjustified. Perhaps he knows about the case and her motives more 
than we do.


Alla:

Good point, Neri. It is hard for me to imagine that Hermione is 
better at casting jinxes than Dumbledore is. (she is good but not 
that good yet, IMO ;o))

If as you suggested in your earlier post Dumbledore is able to 
determine the very "essense" of the person, do you think that he saw 
in Marietta the potential to go "really bad" and allowed jinx to 
stay "to nip it in the bud" so to speak?