[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' motorcycle

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3348

Brian wrote:

>    I guess that's possible but hasn't it been mentioned that Peter
> was by far the weaker wizard so wouldn't Sirius believe that he would
> have a pretty good chance of catching him without being permanently
> injured?  Maybe he thought he might be locked up for killing Peter
> but IIRC the Ministry (Barty Crouch Sr.) at the time was overreacting
> by sentencing people without trials so Sirius would have good reason
> to expect to be let off.

Or maybe the fact that his two best friends had just been murdered, largely
due to a misjudgement on his own part, might have affected his thinking a
bit and it wasn't the clearest...?

--Amanda