Sirius' Arrest

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 45277

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "kateydidnt2002" <kateydidnt2002 at y...> 
wrote:
 Kateydidnt said:
> The on going mystery as to what happened between the late night of 
> Oct. 31 1981 and when Hagrid delivered Harry the night of Nov. 1, 
> 1981 to the Dursley's where Dumbledore waited has another mystery 
> added to it, which stems from Madam Rosemerta's statement in PoA 
> (Scholasitc Hardcover pg 207 [ch 10]) that Sirius Black was 
> caught "the next day."
>
> Kateydidnt

bboy_mn responds:

Well, I'm at my mother's house without my books. She has copies 
somewhere but it's 3:00AM, and I don't think I'll wake her and ask 
her.

So, instead of answers, let me ask some questions-

What time of day did Voldemort fail in his attempt to AK Harry?
Your own statement says 'late night of Oct. 31'. How late? Perhaps 
after midnight?

To most people, Holloween night last as long as 'night' does. In other 
words, when people ask what you did Holloween night, you don't make 
the technical distinction between before and after midnight. Again, 
without my books, I can't verify the time.

POINT: If it was after midnight most people would still consider that 
Holloween night even though techincally it was Nov. 1. Since it was 
technically Nov 1; that would make 'the next day' would be Nov 2. 

If my wild, no books, speculation is correct, that would seem to trim 
a few hours off of the missing 24 hrs. Hagrid picks Harry up between 
3am and 6am, then finds a safe house until mid-evening at which time 
he starts flying the considerable distance from the other side of 
Bristol to Surrey.

Sorry, I really should have my books.

bboy_mn