Hermione was taken aback by Draco’s vehemence, and opened her mouth with a retort, but Harry interrupted her gently, "No, Hermione," she looked quizzically at him, "I know you idealise him - I know I certainly did at this age - but you have to understand he is just a man. He is an incredibly flawed, fallible man. The only reason I found out the first time round that I was a Horcrux, is because he had told Snape, and Snape’s last action before he died was to give me the memory of Dumbledore telling him that I needed to die in the end," slowly, Hermione sat back again, "And I think that he probably knew that I could survive - what with our life forces being bound together - but he didn’t bother to tell me any of it. Dumbledore might have had benevolent intentions, but at his core, he’s a man convinced he’s a chess master with a finger on every piece on the board. And yes, he may be very clever, and very powerful, but his downfall is his arrogance,"