Tydligen visste Dumbledore att Harry skulle behöva dö så snart han insåg att Harry innehöll en bit av Voldemorts själ.
När han visste det, finns det två alternativ, båda med giltiga argument. Min egen åsikt är att alternativet andra är mer korrekt :
OPTION 1 : I OOTP, när han utförde "Essence split" -experimentet
Rosi: What does "in essence divided" mean?
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore suspected that the snake’s essence was divided – that it contained part of Voldemort’s soul, and that was why it was so very adept at doing his bidding.
J.K. Rowling: This also explained why Harry, the last and unintended Horcrux, could see so clearly through the snake’s eyes, just as he regularly sees through Voldemort’s.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore is thinking aloud here, edging towards the truth with the help of the Pensieve.
LEAKY CAULDRON - 7.20.07 - WEB CHAT TRANSCRIPT
(hat / tips @Slytherincess i detta svar )
OPTION 2 : I grund och botten från födseln.
Detta kan härledas från tre citat:
Dödligt Hallows, "Prince's Tale":
Another long silence. Then Snape said, “I thought . . . all those years . . . that we were protecting him for her. For Lily.”
“We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,” said Dumbledore, his eyes still tight shut. “Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growth. Sometimes I have thought he suspects it himself. If I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort.”
Observera att detta "vi har skyddat honom" skyddades av Dumbledore från Harrys föräldras dödsdag , när han var kvar i Petunias hus.
“You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?”
“Don’t be shocked, Severus. How many men and women have you watched die?”
“Lately, only those whom I could not save,” said Snape. He stood up. “You have used me.”
“Meaning?”
“I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter—”
... vid vilken tidpunkt nekar Dumbledore den inte.
391.133Ett annat citat är faktiskt ett som du har lämnat från OOTP:
391.133"I guessed, nearly fifteen years ago," said Dumbledore, "when I saw the scar upon your forehead, what it might mean. I guessed that it might be the sign of a connection forged between you and Voldemort"
Slutligen kan vi härleda att Harry skulle ha fått dö från följande händelse i slutet av Goblet of Fire
When Harry told of Wormtail piercing his arm with the dagger, however, Sirius let out a vehement exclamation and Dumbledore stood up so quickly that Harry started. Dumbledore walked around the desk and told Harry to stretch out his arm.
Harry showed them both the place where his robes were torn and the cut beneath them.
"He said my blood would make him stronger than if he'd used someone else's," Harry told Dumbledore. "He said the protection my - my mother left in me - he'd have it too. And he was right - he could touch me without hurting himself, he touched my face."
For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of something like triumph in Dumbledore's eyes. But next second. Harry was sure he had imagined it, for when Dumbledore had returned to his seat behind the desk, he looked as old and weary as Harry had ever seen him.
Kom ihåg att Dumbledore inte skulle ha brytt sig om Voldemort att ta in Harry's blod, förutom en enda anledning: att blodintag är det som skulle ha knutit Harry till liv, så att han kunde överleva att bli "dödad" av Voldemort.
Som en följd skulle Dumbledores enda anledning att "triumfera", aldrig bry sig om händelsen, ha varit om han redan visste att Harry skulle behöva offra sig - och detta helt enkelt gav honom hopp om att Harry skulle kunna överleva det offret.