Sirius in bk 1 ch 1 (was Who should raise Harry)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Charmian wrote:
> 
> > Several questions to ponder while waiting for book five, then. :) 
> Did 
> > Dumbledore know about the switch from Sirius to Pettigrew? If so, 
> > then there would be no need to warn Hagrid about Sirius.
> 
> If he'd known, he would've spoken up for Sirius and not let him go 
to 
> Azkaban; instead he told the Ministry that S was the Potters' 
> Secret-Keeper.  (Sirius should've told him about the switch after 
> their murders even if he hadn't done it before--Dumbledore might've 
> believed him, or at least investigated.  But I bet you don't get a 
> phone call before you're sent to Azkaban without trial.)

That's true. I wonder how many people knew that Sirius was the Secret-
Keeper. I mean, he was the obvious choice, so perhaps everyone just 
guessed.... According to the nifty time line on the Lexicon page, 
Sirius got himself captured on November 1, one day after the attack, 
which occurred during the evening. So he didn't have much time to get 
word out. 

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> 
> On the other hand, we have your reasoning, plus the fact that when 
she 
> learns James and Lily are dead she doesn't say what you would think 
> would come to mind--"you mean Sirius betrayed them?"

Yes, that too. Plus she would have said something about the whole 
matter of the twelve dead people. 
> 

> The thing about the motorcycle is the biggest puzzler to my mind.  
> Hagrid clearly knows nothing to make him suspect Sirius.  
Dumbledore 
> lets him take Sirius's bike back to him (another discrepancy with 
> what we hear in PA, but we've dealt with that before) without 
warning 
> him, "uh, be on your guard when you go back to Sirius Black," or 
> better yet just telling him "Take it from me--don't bring him his 
> bike.  I'll explain another time"? Or has Sirius already been 
arrested 
> by then and AD knows it, so he just lets Hagrid go, knowing it's a 
> wild goose chase but that he won't come to any harm? 

I'd suspect the latter. Perhaps he didn't want to upset Hagrid 
further, or was too busy worrying about Harry. I guess if he didn't 
know that Sirius had been arrested he could have reasoned that Sirius 
would just escape, and Hagrid would not be able to find him. Making 
up some inventive reasoning from Dumbledore might also solve the 
first problem. :) 

Let's try:  If Dumbledore thought Sirius was the traitor, perhaps 
he'd predict that Sirius would avoid the scene after the attack, and 
thus Hagrid would be safe. After all, if he really was the traitor, 
he'd want to go underground after Voldemort was defeated, like 
Pettigrew did. 
Er, that's sort of weak. Somebody got a better one?

I think there's definitely more to the timeline than we thought there 
was. 

Charmian