Dumbledore in book 7 (Was: It's more complex than that....)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 164852

Ceridwen wrote:
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> > I  doubt Pensieve memories because, in my opinion, leaving 
something like that or a letter lying around is just begging for the 
Bad Guys to find it.

Carol responds:
> As for Pensieve memories lying around, they're not kept in a 
Pensieve, and I'm quite sure DD made sure that all the Pensieve 
memories were back in his head or their labeled vials (they have to 
be labeled, or he wouldn't know Hokey's from Bob Ogden's) before he 
made the trip to the cave. I half-expect DD to have willed Harry the 
Pensieve and some bottled
memories ("If I could put Time in a bottle. . . ," hint to CMC) that 
he hasn't yet seen, preferably of DD and Snape.

Ceridwen:
I didn't mean memories left in a Pensieve.  I meant bottled.  If 
there is a spy at the school or in the Order, the memories can be 
stolen and brought to LV.  Or, if LV takes over Hogwarts early in DH 
as some have suggested, those bottled memories would be right there 
where he could get his hands on them.

The only way I can't see that happening is if Dumbledore left some 
bottled memories in his vault, to be turned over to Harry upon DD's 
death.  But again, what if there is a spy in Gringotts, or what if 
the goblins throw in with LV and allow him access to Dumbledore's 
vault?  Memories in bottles, in my opinion, are too risky, and in a 
story involving espionage would be, again in my opinion, just begging 
for the bad guys to get their hands on something they don't need to 
see (Snape's remorse, Order discussions, Horcrux information, etc.).

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough!

Ceridwen, seconding the hint to CMC.