Dumbledore returns

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 149053

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theadimail" <theadimail at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Reading HBP again, I was stuck by a possibility. In the OOTP, 
Nearly 
> Headless Nick told Harry that some poeple agree to stay on in this 
> world and they become ghosts. Will Dumbledore do that? 

I think it's highly unlikely. NHN goes on to say that his decision 
was motivated by cowardice ("I was afraid of death") and one of 
Dumbledore's perennial themes is that "death is the next great 
adventure," not something to be feared. 

>   I have noticed the difference between ghosts and the photographs. 

But you're forgetting the portraits, which can communicate with those 
left behind. We've already seem Dumbledore's portrait slumbering 
peacefully in the Headmaster's office.


  - CMC