[HPforGrownups] Re: Marauder's Map problem

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 17029

Magda Grantwich wrote:

> In other words, Sirius and Lupin would be visible on the map to
> Snape.  In fact, I think he actually says he saw them on the map.
> Don't have PoA with me (it's back at the library).

Found it. "Lying on your desk was a cetain map. Once glance at it told
me all I needed to know. I saw you running along the passageway and out
of sight."
(p. 358, PoA, US).

So I was giving Snape a bit too much credit. He was following Lupin, who
he could see in the portion of the passageway that was on the Hogwarts
grounds and therefore on the map. He couldn't see the troika or Sirius,
although when he got to the Whomping Willow and found the Invisibility
Cloak, he knew that Harry at least was there, too. [or maybe not; he
might not have known that the cloak was Harry's until Lupin mentioned
"James' invisibility cloak" in the Shack. Does anyone have any reference
that Snape knew about Harry's cloak before this?]

--Amanda


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