Slow Hermione?

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 174864

> Steve/bboyminn
> <snip>
> Harry and Dumbledore are talking about the Hallows -
> 
> Harry askes "Why did you have to make it so diffult?"
> 
> and Dumbledore response -
> 
> "I am afraid I counted on Miss Granger to slow you up,
> Harry."
> 
> Dumbledore continues to explain that he did not want
> Harry to discover the nature and existence of the
> Hallows until just the right time, so Harry's 
> 'hot head' would not overrule his 'good heart'.
> 
> I don't understand how Hermione was suppose to 
> slow them down. <snip> 
> 
> I really don't understand how and why Dumbledore
> would count on Hermione slowing the process down.
>  <snip>

Mike:
I think Dumbledore is giving a two pronged answer. 

First, he gave the book to Hermione, not Ron. Hermione is going to 
disect the book, look for clues, translate runes, that kind of thing. 
She will not think this "fairy tale" is the whole clue. Ron, having 
heard these fairy tales growing up, will know this one. Then the 
simple thinking Ron will take the straight forward approach, 
Dumbledore gave me the story so it must be true.

The second has been mentioned by the other respondants in this 
thread.  Once the trio has worked out the meaning of the book, that 
the Hallows *do* exist, Hermione is the least likely to believe it. 
This, of course is also where Dumbledore was counting on Hermione to 
insist they continue to follow his orders to destroy the Horcruxes. 
As we see, if there was enough of a delay, Voldemort was sure to get 
to the wand before Harry could. Iirc, Harry didn't know where the 
Elder Wand was until he read it from Voldemort's mind, by which time 
it was too late.

Mike, wondering why Dumbledore even brought up the Hallows as a 
temptation in the first place.