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Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnHow did Dumbledore know about Draco's mission to kill him?
Presumably from Snape. Recall that Voldemort gave Draco the mission to
punish Lucius -- Voldemort /wanted/ Draco to fail, and wouldn't have
objected to Snape telling Dumbledore. Note also that Snape knew, and
had been in contact with Dumbledore, before he made the Unbreakable
Vow.
Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnHe said he had known for long time. All I can figure is Snape
had to have told Dumbledore.
I dare say he might have learned from other sources at some point
during the year (Dumbledore has always known astoundingly much about
what goes on in the school).
Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnYet Dumbledore didn't know about the cabinet only that Draco was
using the Room of Requirement.
Just as the Room of Requirement doesn't appear on the Marauder's Map,
and Draco disappears from the Map when he's in there.
Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnIt seems Dumbledore only knows as much as Snape does. But then
Dumbledore didn't know about the Unbreakable Vow.
Precisely.
Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnThen with all the half truths and lies Snape told at Spinner's End
I don't recall any lies though he may not have told the entire truth at
some points -- it seems quite honest and straightforward to me.
Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnand JKR saying that Snape wasn't just a double agent, but triple,
quadruple agent.
No she did not. She was making a /joke/!
ES: Was Dumbledore planning to die?
JKR: [Pause.] Do you think that's going to be the big
theory?
MA & ES: Yes. It'll be a big theory.
JKR: [Pause.] Well, I don't want to shoot that one down. [A
little laughter.] I have to give people hope.
MA: It goes back to the question of whether Snape is a
double-double-double-triple-
JKR: [Laughs] Double-double-quadruple-to-the-power-of -
yeah.
This is what leads to the comment that 'obviously, there are lines of
speculation I don't want to shut down.'
Rowling is essentially saying that the idea that Dumbledore planned to
die is incorrect, but she doesn't want to shoot it down as long as
the discussions may be 'profitable'.
Post by LadySriPost by LouAnnThe more I think about this on my second read of the HBP, the more
I believe that Snape is playing bothsides of the fence for his own
gain. But why?
That may indeed be the case. I could even see Snape as the one who
killed Nagini in order to allow Harry to kill Voldemort (after which
Snape would kill Harry and set himself up as the new Dark Lord).
Power! More power to abuse, more power to satisfy his sadism.
Post by LadySriIt seems likely to me that Dumbledore DID know about the cabinet-
which is why he had OotP members crawling all over Hogwart's.
It's quite obvious that he doesn't -- he asks Draco how he got the
Death Eaters into the castle and yet reveals that he knows that Draco
was behind the cursed necklace and the poisoned mead.
'But why? I don't think you will kill me, Draco. Killing
is not nearly as easy as the innocent believe . . . so tell
me, while we wait for your friends . . . how did you
smuggle them in here? It seems to have taken you a long
time to work out how to do it.'
Malfoy looked as though he was fighting down the urge to
shout, or to vomit. He gulped and took several deep
breaths, glaring at Dumbledore, his wand pointing directly
at the latter's heart. Then, as though he could not help
himself, he said, 'I had to mend that broken Vanishing
Cabinet that no one's used for years. The one Montague got
lost in last year.'
'Aaaah.'
Dumbledore's sigh was half a groan. He closed his eyes
for a moment.
That was clever . . . there is a pair, I take it?'
[Dumbledore and Draco, HBP-27 'The Lightning-Struck Tower']
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