JKR's Dumbledore: Harry or Hermione

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 163952

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > <snip>
> > We know that Dumbledore figures out that Quirrell is interested   
> > in the Stone.  (He may have started suspecting Quirrell from the 
> > beginning, but the Halloween Troll incident confirmed it.)  We   
> > know that Quirrell is young (Harry describes him as such) and    
> > untried (Hagrid describes him as such).  So it seems logical that 
> > Dumbledore suspects a bigger power behind Quirrell; Dumbledore   
> > may well fear that it's Voldemort himself.  
 
> >>KJ writes:
> Actually, Dumbledore must have known that Voldemort was close by 
> after Harry had his first experience with him over the dead        
> unicorn. The centaurs would have told DD that Voldemort was in the 
> Forbidden Forest.

Betsy Hp:
Ah!  I'd forgotten about the dead unicorns and Harry's little scare 
in the forest!  Yes, by that point Dumbledore would have had some 
pretty major clues that Voldemort was in the area. <g>

> >>KJ:
> Anything suspicious, such as the troll incident with Quirrel 
> would have been explained, would have been explained by Voldemort's 
> actual appearance in the woods. I also think that DD had his       
> suspicions that once Harry and the stone were together in the same 
> place, Voldemort would be lured into a trap.  That's the only      
> reason I can think of for leaving the stone at Gringott's until    
> Harry was about to enter Hogwarts. 
> For what it's worth.

Betsy Hp:
Well, the Stone isn't Dumbledore's, so it wasn't really his call.  
But I do think there was an influence of events, with Harry returning 
to the WW and Voldemort making his first move towards his big 
comeback.  But I honestly think that has more to do with Harry and 
Voldemort's intertwined fates than anything Dumbledore tried to do.

I'd imagine Dumbledore had his eye out, and I can agree that he 
probably kept an eye on certain items (the Stone, unicorns, etc.).  
But I don't think he purposefully arranged for Harry and the Stone to 
be in the very same room together with Voldemort.  I don't think he'd 
use Harry as bait like that.

Betsy Hp