Hand of Glory

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 183907

zanooda wrote:
> 
> But this was the whole point of the argument - DD specifically told
Harry in "King's Cross" that he only found out about James's Cloak and
borrowed it a few days before James and Lily died. He said: "You have
guessed, I know, why the Cloak was in my possession on the night your
parents died. James had showed it to me just a few days previously". 
And then: "I asked to borrow it, to examine it" (p.714).
> 
> I don't want to start this discussion again (and I'm grateful to
people who offered me at least some possibilities to resolve this
problem :-)), but, according to DD, Lily's letter was written less
than a week before her death (October). However, she goes on writing
about Harry's July birthday, as if it's just happened. For me, this
*is* an inconsistency, which for some reason gets on my nerves very
much :-).
>
Carol responds:
Not to mention that Dumbledore's visit a few days before her death
means that he was in on the secret, yet he thought that Sirius was the
Secret Keeper. Wormtail could have given him the secret by owl (a
dangerous thing to do since the owl could be intercepted) with no
signature or a forged signature (or Sirius's signature on a note in
Wormtail's handwriting!!!). Or Lily *who was writing letters despite
the danger) could have invited DD to come to Godric's Hollow (not the
specific cottage) and Wormtail and Sirius together could have escorted
him there, keeping their shared secret of the SK's identity.

Sigh. I liked it better when I thought that DD wasn't in on the secret.

Or we could have the letter written in August, before the Fidelius
Charm was cast, which gets Dumbledore off the hook and fits with the
topic of Harry's birthday present but conflicts with Harry's
inferences about Wormtail's last visit and DD's statement in "King's
Cross."

Carol, getting a headache from trying to make it all fit together