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> The answer is "Why did Dumbledore have James' invisibility
> cloak at the time of James' death, given that Dumbledore could
> make himself invisible without a cloak?"

SSSusan:
> Heh.  Maybe our focus is supposed to be at least as much upon
> the "when DD could make himself invisible without a cloak" part
> as we are on the "at the time of James' death" part??

Nora now:

Hi, this is my first post, and I really like this thread.

I think that "at the time of James' death" fits with what we read in
PS, in the note DD leaves Harry with the cloak, about James leaving
the cloak to DD before his death.

Maybe Susan is right, and we should focus on the "when DD could make
himself invisible without a cloak" part. It is the first time (at
least to my knowledge or memory) that it is actually stated that DD
could make himself invisible without a cloak. We have guessed,
suspected, etc, but never been positive about this fact. How could it
be so crucial? Perhaps DD have been somewhere, sometime, invisible,
without nobody knowing it?

Nora