[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's hand / horcruxes

[Laura Herndon]

No: HPFGUIDX 134855

colebiancardi wrote:
> I think that DD messed up when he got the ring - he wasn't aware, 
> perhaps, of the power of a horcrux.   after all, Harry destroyed the 
> Diary and he didn't get hurt from that.  Unless, of course, Harry is 
> the only one that CAN destroy horcruxes.   Remember that DD stated 
> if it wasn't for his skill & Snape's "timely action", he would be a 
> dead man.  
 
 
 
Does anyone recall if the book indicates exactly when Dumbledore tried
to destroy the ring?  I'm wondering if Snape was aware that Voldemort
was intent on Dumbledore's assassination at that time.  If so, Snape
could have simply withheld or faked bungling his "timely action" to
hasten Dumbledore's demise if Snape was truly working for Voldemort.  
 
I'm still not convinced that Snape knew of Voldemort's plan at Spinner's End.  That scene was written so that he could have already known, or he could have been getting the information out of Narcissa at the time.
 
LEH