237HBP

Silver and Opals

"Where was Dumbledore, and what was he doing?"

Harry wondered where D'dore was... but more profoundly, Harry wondered if he had been abandoned.

Harry's terrible childhood certainly could point to how he would feel abandoned when his mentor had been silent and absent for many days, unaccountably.

Harry ultimately WAS abandoned by D'dore... (or so it seems).

Also on this page, Harry is looking fwd to a trip to Hogsmead, and 'whiles away the time' reading his copy of "Advanced Potion Making".

Reading any sort of text book for fun (unless it is about Quidditch).. just isn't like the Harry of old. This is entering new territory for him.

Did D'dore find a way to get that book to Harry, for what it contained? The free thinking.. the making up of your own spells.. the getting to know your own talents by pushing the limit.. thinking 'outside the box'.. These are all good lessons that Harry must learn. And here he sits, reading his potions book on his own time.