DD and Horcruxes/ Scrimgeour

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 179581

> Alla:
> Really? Did he trust her to lead defense of Hogwarts in his 
absence? 
> I do not remember him confiding much in her about potential DE raid 
> before he left for Horcrux trips in HBP.

zgirnius:
This is because he did not believe it was possible for DEs to get 
into Hogwarts.

Alla:
> The fact that Minerva lead the battle so IMO spectacularly had 
> nothing to do with DD's trust since he was dead by that point.
> 
> She did her job well indeed, but what does Dumbledore have to do 
> with it?

zgirnius:
That he trusted her to lead the defense, means he believed her worthy 
of that trust in terms of her loyalty to the cause, and that he 
believed her capable of it. That she later showed herself more than 
capable, just shows he trusted the right woman for that job.