“So,” Albus said heavily. “Our first suspect is Voldemort, risen again and seeking to resurrect himself. I have studied many books I wish I had not read, seeking his every possible avenue of return, and I have found only three. His strongest road to life is the Philosopher’s Stone, which Flamel assures me that not even Voldemort could create on his own; by that road he would rise greater and more terrible than ever before. I would not have thought Voldemort able to resist the temptation of the Stone, still less because such an obvious trap is a challenge to his wit. But his second avenue is nearly as strong: The flesh of his servant, willingly given; the blood of his foe, forcibly taken; and the bone of his ancestor, unknowingly bequeathed. Voldemort is a perfectionist—” Albus glanced at Severus, who nodded agreement, “—and he would certainly seek the most powerful combination: the flesh of Bellatrix Black, the blood of Harry Potter, and the bone of his father. Voldemort’s final avenue is to seduce a victim and drain the life from them over a long period; in which case Voldemort would be weak compared to his former power. His motive to spirit away Bellatrix is clear. And if he is keeping her in reserve, to use only in case he cannot attain the Stone, that would explain why no kidnap attempt was made on Harry this day.”
“I would not have thought Voldemort able to resist the temptation of the Stone, still less because such an obvious trap is a challenge to his wit.”
The “trap” Dumbledore refers to is one set up in the third-floor corridor of Hogwarts, and has nothing to do with the Night of Godric Hollow. Ch. 77:
“Do not bluff against me, Severus Snape; I find it annoying, and you are in no position to annoy me. A single glance would tell any competent wizard that the Headmaster has laced that corridor with a ridiculous quantity of wards and webs, triggers and tripsigns. And more: there are Charms laid there of ancient power, magical constructs of which I have heard not even rumors, techniques that must have been disgorged from the hoarded lore of Flamel himself. Even He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named would have had trouble passing those without notice.” Professor Quirrell tapped a thoughtful finger on his cheek. “And for the actual lock, a Colloportus laid on an ordinary doorknob, cast so weakly that it could not have kept out Miss Granger on the day she entered Hogwarts. Never before in my existence have I encountered such a blatant trap.”
I don’t follow your point. You suggested that Dumbledore could have prepared Godric’s Hollow as a trap, and then a conjunction about it being a trap and Voldemort using it cleverly; I pointed out that Dumbledore’s assessment of Voldemort’s psychology makes the conjunction more likely than a naive analysis would expect, inasmuch as he has explicitly said it and prepared such a trap, and Quirrelmort’s assessment basically agrees: it’s an obvious trap which impresses him with the rare and powerful magics, and would tax his ingenuity to solve.
I see, the statement you used was confusing, which got worse with the clarifying quote. You said “took a trap as a challenge”, which (1) refers to a different trap, using article “a” and not “the”, which I wrote off as a typo in the first comment, and so also discounted the possibility that your comment (2) only states that he took it as a challenge, not that he faced that challenge, which is not the case for the trap I was talking about, and (3) the statement still isn’t strictly speaking true, Dumbledore is saying that he expects this to be likely, not that it happened. I agree that Dumbledore’s saying that makes the conjunction more likely.
I don’t, where was that?
Chapter 61:
The “trap” Dumbledore refers to is one set up in the third-floor corridor of Hogwarts, and has nothing to do with the Night of Godric Hollow. Ch. 77:
I don’t follow your point. You suggested that Dumbledore could have prepared Godric’s Hollow as a trap, and then a conjunction about it being a trap and Voldemort using it cleverly; I pointed out that Dumbledore’s assessment of Voldemort’s psychology makes the conjunction more likely than a naive analysis would expect, inasmuch as he has explicitly said it and prepared such a trap, and Quirrelmort’s assessment basically agrees: it’s an obvious trap which impresses him with the rare and powerful magics, and would tax his ingenuity to solve.
I see, the statement you used was confusing, which got worse with the clarifying quote. You said “took a trap as a challenge”, which (1) refers to a different trap, using article “a” and not “the”, which I wrote off as a typo in the first comment, and so also discounted the possibility that your comment (2) only states that he took it as a challenge, not that he faced that challenge, which is not the case for the trap I was talking about, and (3) the statement still isn’t strictly speaking true, Dumbledore is saying that he expects this to be likely, not that it happened. I agree that Dumbledore’s saying that makes the conjunction more likely.
It’s false that “Dumbledore said that Voldemort took a trap as a challenge to his wit”, please distinguish observation from inference.