Little noticed Pettigrew Fact

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23918

You know all the speculation about what happened the night the 
Potters died?  Some of the questions go -- What happened to 
Voldemort's wand?  Why was the house destroyed?  Where did the 
missing 24 hours go?  

Much of the guessing centers around Peter Pettigrew.  I've always 
thought it unlikely since he was such a low-talent wizard, and 
Voldemort had so many other more capable assistants.

I was just reading PoA Ch19, and I found this by Sirius -- 

"The night they died, I'd arranged to check on Peter, make sure he 
was safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he'd gone.  Yet 
there was no sign of a struggle."

So the question is, "Where was Peter?"  If he had only ratted on the 
Potters, he could have easily popped over to Voldemort, revealed the 
secret, then popped back.  He could have even used the fire talk.  
But since he was nowhere to be found, the circumstantual evidence 
mounts that he was involved in some way.

Mind you, I still am not fully convinced; primarily because Wormtail 
is such a low-talent.  But I am certainly more open to it now.

Marcus