Sirius & remorse; Fat Lady

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No: HPFGUIDX 47767

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Judy" <judyshapiro at d...> wrote:
> Should Sirius apologize for the Prank?
> 

> Dicentra said:
> > Snape can read a lunar chart as well as anyone else; he must have
> > suspected the truth about Lupin.  Why didn't he go ahead and 
tattle
> > instead of hounding MWPP?
> 
> I think the text implies that Snape did *not* know Lupin was a
> werewolf, although I think this is a bit of a plot hole.  Dicentra, 
do
> you mean Snape could have tattled to the other students?  The staff
> obviously knew already about Lupin's condition. 

This is what has been niggling me since I read PoA.  After the Prank 
why the hell didn't Snape tell anyone that Lupin was a werewolf.  
What the devil did Dumbledore say to him that stoped Snape from even 
hinting the idea to a fellow Slytherin.  I would imagine it would be 
very easy to casualy drop into conversation the fact that Lupin 
always looks bad at the same time of month, "perhaps it has something 
to do with the moon" jokes young-Sev to an impresionable Slytherin.  

But Snape says nothing.  Why?  Is he ashamed to admit that a 
Griffindor saved his life, but he could easly deny this if it came 
up.  Who would his class mates believe?

Judy:
> As for whether Sirius should have apologized to Snape, I agree that 
he
> really has no chance in canon.  Whenever he meets Snape, it's in the
> middle of some crisis.  However, Sirius shows absolutely no signs of
> remorse at all when Lupin mentions the Prank: "Black made a derisive
> noise. 'It served him right,' he sneered." (PoA Ch. 18, p. 356 in US
> hardcover edition.) I think he could do a lot better. 

I was shocked at this answer that Sirius gave.  Yes giving him the 
scare probably served him right for trying to get them expelled but 
putting his life in serious danger - no.  I do not believe that MWPP 
are entirly innocent in this matter anyway.  What had the two rival 
houses done to each other to create such violent responses.

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