Not-so-omniscient Dumbledore??

[cornflower_o_shea]

No: HPFGUIDX 31304

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "babelfisherperson" 
<babelfisherperson at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lucy Austin" <lucy at l...> wrote:
> > But if Dumbledore knew they were sneaking out to be with Lupin,
> > he'd have had to assume they were animagi or something like that.
> > They couldn't have been with Lupin in human form or they'd have
> > been bitten!
Red XIV responded: 
> Not necessarily. Perhaps he thought they had brewed him some 
> wolfsbane potion? Presumably a rather difficult thing to do, but 
less 
> so than becoming animagi without any sort of training. And James & 
> Sirius are described as having been brilliant students.

Yes, but it is mentioned that the wolfsbane potion was a very recent 
discovery, or Lupin would have taken it and hung around some vacant 
room in Hogwarts, and the whole animagus plot would be moot.

Cheers! 
Cornflower O'Shea