cryptic remarks by DD at tower

[Chris]

No: HPFGUIDX 133210

> Now -- what's all this "after a fashion" and "yes and no" stuff? I 
don't think DDore's "lost it" 
> from potion drinking (he is weak, but no evidence that he's addled, 
right up to the point 
> he gets AK'd). What does he mean that he came back "after a 
fashion???" He seems to be 
> there, all right. I think he's definitely dead, none of this coming 
back from the dead stuff 
> for me -- but that "after a fashion," what the heck is that about? 
And ahat does he mean 
> by saying "yes and no" when Draco asserts that the plan (display 
the Dark mark, get 
> Dumbledore to hurry up to see who'd been killed) worked? If the 
scene is read at face 
> value it DEFINITELY worked ... yet Dumbledore's saying that, in 
some respects, it didn't.

> Julie H, chicago

      You got me thinking now. He had a drink and came back, "after a 
fashion." And he responds to Malfoy's plan working, with "yes and 
no."(US, 590). So everything Malfoy said is true, DD did have a drink 
and he returned, plus as Malfoy said, the plan worked. The only way 
DD could answer these questions cryptically is if he NEVER came back. 
I pose to this to all on this list: Through your reading of the last 
few chapters, was there ever a time when DD was out of sight of 
Harry? Took a drink, plan worked somewhat...I smell a polyjuice 
potion fraud of Dumbledore!!! Is the Dumbledore that Snape AK'd 
really Dumbledore? Thoughts?

Chris