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[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 158277

>Nate:
> Somewhere in the books it says that James 
> gave the cloak to Dumbledore for 'safe-keeping', not so 
> that 'someone else could use it'

> Carol:
> Also, Dumbledore says in SS/PS that *James* placed the Invisibility
> Cloak in his keeping before he died.


Neri:
I'm not aware of any canon that James left the Invisibility Cloak to
Dumbledore for "safekeeping" or "keeping". If someone knows such
canon, can he/she refer us to it?

AFAIK Dumbledore refers to the subject twice in canon. First in the
note that came with the cloak:

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SS/PS, Ch. 12, p. 202:

Your father left this in my possession before he died.
It is time it was returned to you.
Use it well.
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So JKR hasn't actually told us anything new – Dumbledore has already
said that James left the cloak with him *before* he died. But there's
no mention of "safekeeping". The second time Dumbledore refers to the
cloak is in the end of SS/PS, after he promise not to lie:

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SS/PS, Ch. 17, p. 299:

When he had found his voice again, Harry said, "And the Invisibility
Cloak – do you know who sent it to me?"

"Ah – your father happened to leave it in my possession and I thought
you might like it." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "Useful things 
 your
father used it mainly for sneaking off to the kitchens to steal food
when he was here."
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No additional information here, except that "happened to leave it in
my possession" doesn't sound to me like safekeeping. It sounds like
Dumbledore suddenly needed an Invisibility Cloak for something and
James happened to have one available. And it doesn't sound like
Dumbledore has any guilt feelings about depriving the Potters of that
additional layer of defense, either. Maybe Voldy, like Dumbledore
himself, can see through Invisibility Cloaks anyway.

Also, there's no reason why James couldn't have met with Dumbledore
after the Fidelius charm was in place. On the contrary – I think it
makes sense: James leaves GH to meet with Dumbledore so he covers
himself with the cloak. Dumbledore happens to need an Invisibility
Cloak for someone, so he borrows James's. The question would be who
needed the cloak and for what.

Neri