Why Harry couldn't live with Sirius (and a few other questions)

[Marianna Lvovsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 21629

I went back and checked in PoA (ah, the sacrifices we
make).

on p. 206-7 (American edition), there is Hagrid's
little speech that explains most of it. I guess I
should have checked before posting. But I don't have
the book at work.

Earlier Hagrid states that Dumbledore knew that Sirius
was James' secret keeper and wanted to be keeper
himself (worrying about a spy in James' circle). So at
least Dumbledore knew about Sirius connection (I don't
think that many other people knew about the secret
keeper business, at least not until PP "died", because
the less people know the better).

And then, after the LV visit, to quote Hagrid:

"An' then he says, 'Give Harry ter me, Hagrid, I'm his
godfather, I'll look after him-' Ha! But I'd had me
orders from DUMBLEDORE, an' I told Black no,
Dumbledore said Harry was ter go ter his aunt an'
uncle's. Black argued, but in the end he gave in."

It makes sense that Dumbledore put 2 and 2 together
(or so he thought: Sirius=secret keeper, Potters=dead,
therefore Sirius=traitor), and that's why he didn't
want Harry with him.

Couple of related questions though.

1. Fidelius charm: the secret keeper can only reveal
the secret voluntarily, I presume? Otherwise a simple
veritas curse would work.

2. How does that secret keeping business work?
Fidelius charm works to keep everyone away except the
secret keeper? So how come Sirius, Hagrid and half the
wizard population were able to get to Godric's Hollow
after the Potters bought it? Is the fidelius charm
automatically broken the minute the keeper tells
somebody? Or did James trust Sirius enough to tell him
even without the charm (I presume so, since he flew to
where the Potters were, and had no doubt he would find
them, even though at that point he did not know PP was
a traitor). Or did V put a counter-spell? Or is it
just V who couldn't find them? 

3. James Potter must have been truly reckless. If he
thought there was a suspicion of one of his 3 friends
being a traitor, he should have picked Dumbledore for
the secret keeper. Or at least stuck with Sirius,
since he's Potter's best friend, and James seems to be
100% sure of him, that leaves either Lupin or
Pettigrew as the  traitor, and a 50/50 chance is too
much to take in this instance. There is no doubt that
if Dumbledore suspects a traitor, there must be one.

3. Sirius. One minute he wants the child and is
apparently in a long argument with Hagrid, the next he
gives away his motorbike and sys he won't need it
again. Is it shock? it's hard imagine him carrying
Harry to the Pettigrew confrontation. What would he do
with him?

4. OK, not Sirius, but does it have to be the
Dursleys?

Marsha

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