Dumbledore and Polyjuice

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 160504

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "twitterpatedbabykoala" 
<mcdumbledore at ...> wrote:
>
> Steven1965aaa:
> > when describing his use of the Mirror of Erised as part of the 
> > protection for the stone Dumbledore says something like "it was 
one of  my more clever ideas, which between you and me is really 
saying something."  
> 
> Becca responds:
> Yeah, I remembered that, too, but it was the only time I could 
ever recall DD saying soemthing to that effect.  I figured that 1 
time in the first 5 books was a much lower percentage than the many, 
many times in book 6.  So it still seems like a new *pattern* of 
behavior, even though - yes - he has, on isolated occasions, done it 
before.  Of course, maybe there are other examples in books 1-5 that 
I am forgetting...  It's been months since I have cracked a HP book.

Steven1965aaa:

Dumbledore says more to to Harry in HBP than in the first 5 books 
combined.  (before anybody responds, that's an educated guess on my 
part, I didn't actually count the words in all 6 books:)).  So maybe 
its not a difference in percentage, its just more conversations.