Dumbledore apparating

[laurawkids]

No: HPFGUIDX 157315

> < Tinktonks:
> > Not sure if this has been mentioned before but I've decided to
> > got through the books with a fine toothed comb and I've noticed
> > that Dumbledore alone appears to apparate silently.
>
> Eddie:
> He also silently dis-apparates from Privet Drive too, no?

Laurawkids:
And, I think, from the infirmary:

GOF US pb pg.713-14: "Harry slumped back against his pillows as
Dumbledore disappeared. Hermione, Ron, and Mrs. Weasley were all
looking at him. None of them spoke for a very long time."

The "him" they were looking at should be DD because he is the last
person referenced, right?  We want to think DD walked out like Snape
did, but it does not say that.  There is no sound mentioned.  And you
CAN'T dis-apparate on Hogwarts grounds! It says so in... .

One idea I floated on a previous post 156834 (which no one even
touched, even to rip to shreds in a civilized manner ; ) ) is that we
might be being shown that DD is using his time-turner watch on
occasion.

Even just turning it back a few minutes will get you silently out of
somewhere.  Quite handy for a man in DD's position, I think.

So if that is correct, DD would have shown up on Privet Drive by time
travel rather than apparation.

Why does Mundungus make a huge crack on Privet Drive?  You'd think a
sneak-thief would have practiced making his comings and goings silent.

And lest it seems too easy an out for JKR to use time as one of DD's
tricks, remember that messing with time is viewed as a dangerous
thing.  But someone who is a genius, as DD is supposed to be, could
be using it to quite interesting ends.  If he has twelve hands on
that watch, is he keeping track of twelve people, or could he be
keeping track of where *himselves are* in time.  For me it would
indicate DD is trickier and more brilliant, not less so.

Laurawkids