DH reread CH 6-7

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 186335

> Carol responds:
> I'm not Pippin, of course, but I made a similar point in my own post, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/186314, that the sword is not Dumbledore's to give and that he's telling Harry through the will that Harry will need the sword to destroy the Horcruxes. (He's counting on Hermione, I think, to make the connection between Horcruxes and Basilisk venom and pass on that information to Harry, as she does after Scrimgeour leaves.)

Alla:

Yes, I know. I however did not find your post to be helpful in clarifying  for me why Dumbledore would decide that will the object he does not possess is the best way to let Harry know that Harry needs it. And I chose to ask Pippin even though your post contained similar argument.
 
Carol:
> Scrimgeour is our only authority on the matter of the sword's ownership, and I see no reason to doubt his word. Here's what he says in "the Will of Albus Dumbledore" after he tells Harry that DD has willed him the sword and Harry asks where it is:
> 
> "Unfortunately, that sword was not Dumbledore's to give away. The sword of Godric Gryffindor is an important historical artifact, and as such belongs--" <SNIP>

Alla:

I do tend to doubt it very much, his authority on the subject I mean. Mostly because based on subjects he discussed with Harry (Stan, etc), I do not believe that author intends him to be authority on many subjects unfortunately.