HBP: Dumbledore's hand

[davewitley]

I don't have my copy of HBP to verify this.

James has taken it to Devon to read on the train: his sister expressed 
surprise that he was prepared to be seen to be uncool and his response 
was that his colleague Dave always tries to be cool and 'he's really 
into it - he was discussing it with Cathy'.

You have to laugh.

Debbie:
 
> I've also been mulling over the question of how to destroy a Horcrux,
> since Dumbledore pointedly doesn't tell us how he destroyed the ring
> and how he was hurt in the process. 

My recollection is that Dumbledore turns up wearing the ring and with 
an injured hand; later, the ring is gone.

So he got the injury *getting* the ring, not destroying it.

My recollection is also that Snape implied in "Spinner's End" that 
Dumbledore was injured in a fight, rather than a magical accident.

I believe the story of how he came to be injured is a running joke.  
JKR has made Dumbledore very secretive in order to concela important 
plot points from us until she was ready to reveal them.  She is 
laughing at us, showing how she can still easily conceal things 
despite the new, confiding, Dumbledore.

David