Pettigrew's effectiveness I(Re: Rats! (Or: A Treatise on Ron and Evil))

[marinafrants <rusalka@ix.netcom.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48267

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "clicketykeys 
<clicketykeys at y...>" <clicketykeys at y...> wrote:
> > Dumbledore wasn't just the Headmaster of Hogwarts, he was also a 
> > leader in the fight against Voldemort -- a fight that the 
Marauders 
> > were a part of.  They may not have had as much contact with him 
as 
> > they did when they were students, but they were still working 
> > together.  Peter must have had at least some access to 
Dumbledore 
> > and the "old crowd," or he would've been of no value as a spy.
> 
> Oh. Somehow I missed the bit about him being a spy. I thought he 
was 
> just a lackey. My bad.

It's easy to miss with everything else that's going on, but during 
the Shrieking Shack scene Sirius mentions that Peter was passing 
information to Voldemort for a year.

> Right. Voldemort's 'persuasion' is not necessarily sweet-talk. 
> Voldemort also said he "overpowered" her. It takes absolutely no 
> finesse to kosh someone on the head and drag them to your boss - 
he'll 
> know what to do!

He overpowered her *after* he persuaded her to go on a night-time 
stroll with him.  Which only makes sense -- you can't kosh somebody 
on the head in a public place, and Peter and Bertha met in an inn.  
Whatever he did, he had to get her someplace private first.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com