Lone Protector [and 13 at dinner]

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 39535

elfundeb wrote:
> I don't know about this. He [Sirius] certainly seems to be learning as GoF 
> progresses, but his letter to Harry, which stresses Harry so much,
> implies that he decided on his own. "I'm flying north immediately.
> This news about your scar is the latest in a series of strange 
> rumors that have reached me here... If it hurts again, go straight
> to Dumbledore -- they're saying he's got Mad-Eye out of retirement,
> which means he's reading the signs..." There's nothing to suggest 
> Sirius has been in contact with Dumbledore since Sirius is getting 
> his information from the rumor mill (the mysterious unidentified 
> "they"). 

Actually, Dumbledore states outright that he's been in contact with 
Sirus:

'"You are not Sirius's only correspondent," said Dumbledore. "I have 
also been in contact with him ever since he left Hogwarts last year. 
It was I who suggested the mountainside cave as the safest place 
for him to stay."'

So he has, as least, been corresponding with Dumbledore and taking 
his advice, to some extent. How much so is yet to be seen, given
that he was going by the rumour mill rather then Dumbledore himself 
in the letter quoted...

Incidentally, (and off the topic of Sirus), one scene in PoA that 
has been bothering me is on Christmas day, when they sit at the 
common table for dinner. Trelawney makes a big deal about how 
unlucky it is for 13 people to dine together. Traditionally, the 
number 13 being unlucky dates to the last supper, and when we are 
dealing with a scene on Christmas day, I have to wonder if a betrayal
coming from one of the people at the table is being foreshadowed 
here.

OTOH, it just occurred to me that Hermione betrays Harry about the 
Firebolt on the next page, so it may not be that major. Still, that 
seems minor for an analogy to Judas, so for reference, the people 
at the table were: Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Sprout, Flitwick, 
Filch, Trelawney, Harry, Ron, Hermione, 2 extremely nervous first 
year students(one of whom is named Derek), and a sullen-faced 
Slytherin fifth year student.

Lupin is conspicuously absent, as is noted at the time...

--Arcum