Time scales at the end of PoA (LONG)

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 32876

> I'm having trouble understanding the basis for the statement that 
> it can't be a long journey to and from the Shrieking Shack, so let 
> me just ask the question:  Hollydaze, what is the total time from 
> the moment Harry and Hermione enter the Whomping Willow to the time 
> the entire group leaves the Whomping Willow with Pettigrew in tow?
The entire time from when HH entered would work out as 1 hour and 25 minutes, the 60-65 minutes was only from the time that Snape entered the tunnel, not the whole time.

> I'm also unclear on how long you think they were in the Shrieking 
> Shack (not considering travel time).  Are you saying it is 60-65 
> minutes of chit chat in the Shack, because that seems much too 
> long. 
As I stated above I am not sure exactly how long the tunnel is or how long it would take them to travel it as it only includes the time from when Snape entered the tunnel. I was also not stating that there was 65 minutes of talking, when I said that what I meant was that there is 65 minutes from when Snape enteres the Tunnel to when they all re apear. That is not quite that same as 65 minutes of talking, plus I should think that HHSR and P have already been talking for a while (although not too long) when S goes into the tunnel, although this again does depends on how long the tunnel is. Snape does however state that he saw Lupin going down the tunnel, not that he saw the others so I presume that by the time Snape sees Lupin, Sirius and the others must already be at least off the map if not in the shreiking shack.

> I doubt that it takes that long to read the entire Shrieking Shack 
> scene out loud.  
True but again as I have just said above, the 65 minutes includes the travelling time of Snape and their time to travel back to the entrance of the WW. Then we also have the total 1 hour 25 minutes from when HRH S and P entered the the WW.

> My preliminary guess is something like 80 minutes total travel time
> plus 15 minutes of confrontation time in the Shrieking Shack, for a
> total of 95 minutes.  
Although I agree with your statement that it does not take 65 minutes to carry out the entire scene in the shreiking shack, I have to disagree that it would take as little as 15 minutes, I would say more likely somewhere between 25 and 30 minutes.

I think I will try to add on those bits in the Shreiking shack to the timeline just to see if we can see if it would make a little bit more sense, now I just have to go time myself reading those bits out at what is a decently angry tone! LOL!

HOLLYDAZE!!!


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