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

[deborama59]

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tinglinger
 
> 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 without someone
> else being there to tell him that a sacrifice indeed
> happened? Somehow I don't think that Dumbledore would have
> left him with the Dursleys without benefit of the protection 

  I find this thread extremely interesting and I almost hope 
  someone else was at GH that fateful night, but......

  It seems to me there are precious few ways for anyone to
  survive the AK curse. The fact that Harry *DID* survive is
  the only evidence Dumbledore needs to surmise what Lily did
  and what he must therefore do in turn.

  deborama59

  who was encouraged by Renee's post to de-lurk herself!