New thought, old topic

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24882

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., katzefan at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., magpie1112 at y... wrote:
> 
> > Amanda - I think you've got something!  Plus, if Snape DID 
> >know who MPW&P were, I'd think that he would have said 
> >something years  before.  Expecially since Sirius was public 
> >enemy #1 - if Snape had any idea (1) that a "dangerous killer" 
> >had the inside & out of  Hogwarts mapped out and that (2) a 
> >"dangerous killer" may be an animagus, Snape would have told 
> >the Wizarding world long ago.  If for no other reason than to get 
> >back at his old nemesis.  Or am I missing something?
> 
> I think both magpie and Amanda are onto something - why on 
> earth would Snape keep quiet about Sirius's involvement in the 
> creation of the Maurauder's Map  *especially* once Sirius was 
> known to have escaped from Azkaban, and particularly when he 
> was known to be headed for Hogwarts?  It would indicate he 
> knew a lot of hidden ways in and out of the castle, among other 
> things.

Remember, however, that Snape does not know that the Marauder's Map 
is a map.  He thinks it is a piece of parchment that insults people, 
at least, until just before the Shrieking Shack scene.  So Snape has 
no idea that Sirius knows the secret passages into the castle from 
his involvement in writing the map.  That explains why Snape doesn't 
go to Dumbledore about the parchment/map.