[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore and the Buckbeak execution

[Meliss9900 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 132046

In a message dated 7/2/2005 6:03:59 PM Central Standard Time, 
Elvishooked at hotmail.com writes:
Book 3 (POA Bloomsbury Paperback p. 288 "Hermione's Secret"):

Dumbledore: "......If all goes well, you will be able to save more than 
one innocent life tonight........"

My question (which, Im sure, has been asked before, sorry) is, why did 
he say that? Dumbledore was present at Hagrid's when the execution of 
Buckbeak was supposed to take place and he knew already that Buckbeak 
Simple.  Dumbledore knew it but Harry and Hermione didn't.. . If he hadn't 
said anything to them then there is a chance that they wouldn't have rescued 
Buckbeak the 1st time.  

Melissa


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