Death Eater Modus Operandi

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 36615

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> I also figure Pettigrew fired the Dark Mark into the air over the 
> Potters' house.  That is how Sirius, Hagrid and everyone else found 
> the Potters' house so quickly.  

The old "how did the non-Secret-Keepers know where to find the
Potters" question again, eh?  Not a bad answer. But what about this? 
If Sirius had been the Secret-Keeper and Peter had known where they
were just as a matter of course, he could have taken Voldemort by the
hand into Godric's Hollow and led him to the front door and Voldemort
STILL wouldn't know where they were. Remember how Flitwick said you
could be pressing your nose up against their sitting-room window and
not find them?  Something about the Fidelius Charm must prevent the
secret from being learned even if someone who isn't the Secret-Keeper
tells you.

So I figure Sirius and Dumbledore knew about the Potters' location
before the charm was performed, but they couldn't impart that
knowledge to Voldemort or anyone else once the information was woven
into Peter's excuse for a soul.

--Dicentra, who is only reading Cindy's posts today and is impressed
that she was able to quote all those green things from memory. If
that's really what she did.