You had me going there, festuco, but there is this little problem...

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No: HPFGUIDX 129747

tinglinger
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> > Dumbledore had Hagrid deliver baby Harry to the Dursleys
> > at Privet Drive the very next day 
> > SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE HARRY THE PROTECTION MADE POSSIBLE BY
> > LILY'S SACRIFICE (OOP-CH 37-THE LOST PROPHECY).
> > 
> > So.... unless Harry told the whole story to Hagrid before
> > falling asleep over Bristol, how did Dumbledore know that
> > Lily had sacrificed her life to save Harry ...
> 
> Finwitch replied:
> 
> How does Dumbledore know? How has he always appeared to know 
> everything? I thought OOP gave us the answer: Legilimency. Since 
> Dementors can drag the memory from Harry years after, when Harry - 
> due to being so young - has forgotten all but green light - and a 
> laughter brought up when Hagrid told him the truth - why couldn't 
> Dumbledore do a quick Legilimency on Harry to confirm how things 
> were? Of course, if it wasn't what he thought, he would have taken 
> care of Harry himself or something...
> 
> Hmm-mm. Think of this: 'The twinkling light that usually shone 
from 
> Dumbledore's eyes seemed to be gone out.' (PS end of the Boy Who 
> Lived, page 17 in my book). and this, as far as I remember, is the 
> ONLY time Dumbledore's eyes don't *twinkle*.
> 
> Now that we know about Legilimency/Occlumency, (and how JKR uses 
the 
> word *seem* in the books, well...) if that twinkle is Dumbledore's 
> Occlumency-shield, it was gone because he had let it down in order 
to 
> do Legilimency on Harry -- OR Harry's infant, uncontrolled magic 
had 
> just rejected Dumbledore's Legilimency with similar mirror-effect 
we 
> saw when Snape was giving Harry Occlumency-lessons (leaving 
> Dumbledore a bit defenceless for that brief moment).
> 
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**Marcela asks: That still doesn't answer tinglinger's question... 
How did Dumbledore know that Lily had "unwittingly" -like Voldy said 
in the Graveyard scene in GoF- activated an ancient blood protective 
charm?  If Dumbledore performed the Legilimency on baby Harry when 
Hagrid brought him back, then why was he already at the Dursleys?

Marcela