Possible Flint in HBP re the Invisibility Cloak?

[crystal borden]

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gelite67 <gelite67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> At the beginning of HBP, DD tells Harry to keep his Invisibility 
Cloak with him at all times and Harry agrees to do it.  Yet, after 
DD explains they are going Horcrux-Hunting, he instructs Harry to 
go get the cloak.  (Chapter 25)

The text does not say that Harry gets his cloak, but does tell us 
that Harry retrieve the Marauder's Map and Felix from his trunk, 
which he gives to Hermione and Ron.  And, Harry tells them that 
DD "thinks" he is getting his cloak.  Which, to me, implies that 
Harry, in fact, had the cloak all along. 

I'm confused.  I can understand why Harry wanted DD to think he 
needed to retrieve his cloak, but I don't understand why, given that 
DD had instructed Harry to always carry the cloak and Harry agreed, 
why DD didn't ask Harry if he had the cloak or didn't assume that 
Harry had the cloak. <snip> <<


from julcrybor:  
I think DD knew that Harry was going to have Ron and Hermione keep 
watch when they left and knew what Harry had his suspicions of in 
regards to Draco, so he gave Harry the chance of an excuse to go 
tell Ron and Hermione because maybe he knew Harry wanted the peace 
of mind of them keeping watch and protecting the other students. DD 
knows more about what's going on than he lets on.