Snape, Weasley and Malfoy- timelines?

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 18450


> Muggles, maybe Lucious was one of those "closest friends" at 
Hogwarts to whom
> Tom Riddle was already known as Voldemort, fifty years ago.>>>
> 
> This is quite unlikely. In CoS (chapter 12), when Harry and Ron are 
disguised as
> Crabbe and Goyle, Draco says that:
> "And father won't tell me anything about the last time the Chamber 
of Secrets
> was opened, either. Of course, it was fifty years ago, so it was 
before his
> time, but he knows all about it, and he says that it was all kept 
quiet and
> it'll look suspicious if I know too much about it."

Excellent point. I'd forgotten that quote. I agree with you that 
Lucius and Narcissa seem to be more or less contemporaries of Molly 
and Arthur, although I am not absolutely convinced that the Weasleys 
are that young. We'll see...

Steve