That pesky letter again! Was:Re: Of human errors

[Annemehr]

> Carol wrote:
 
> It is not, however, the continuity editor's job to point out the
> improbability of a letter written to Sirius Black at another address
> showing up at 12 GP.

Annemehr:

I found the long thread in Main on this question highly amusing, 
first of all because it seemed to me such an unimportant detail to 
generate so much consternation.  

But really, why *shouldn't* the letter be there?

If Sirius was going to set up residence at 12 GP, why would he NOT 
want to have a bunch of his stuff -- clothes, books, and yes, 
letters -- from the place he got with his inheritance from Uncle 
Alphard?  Granted, he may not have wanted to pick them up himself, in 
case the Ministry was monitoring the place, but Lupin would have 
gone -- and known what to take, as well.

Of course, the other part of the letter question, being when and how 
Snape got to it, involves the whole (shaky?) plot question of who can 
get into 12GP and how.  I suspect it all could have been greatly 
simplified, but that's one of the things I need to finish my reread 
to decide.

Annemehr
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