ChapDisc: DH 18, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore

[Frank D]

No: HPFGUIDX 182764

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Our only chance is to use decoys. Even You-Know-Who
> can't split himself into seven" (29-30).

Frank D: How ironic. He already did, via Horcruxes.
 
Carol:
>Imagine if they'd tried to escort Harry to a safe house using the same
>plan as in OoP, Harry (trunk, Hedwig and all) on a broom with the
>guard circling him. The one or two watching DEs wouldn't need Snape's
>information about time and place. They'd just summon LV, who'd summon
>more DEs, who would have no hesitation about killing Order members,
>and Harry would be in danger of being caught in the crossfire.
>(Sidenote: If DD could easily send Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage on
>to the Weasleys' house in HBP, why couldn't the Order do the same thing?)

Frank D: Why couldn't Harry just don the Invisibility Cloak? Is the
answer simply that the book wouldn't have turned out the way JKR
wanted it to? Or is there a more material reason? Just want to know.