Sirius's arrest

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 45303

kateydidnt2002 writes;

>>If we take Madam rosemerta's statement that Black was caught on Nov. 1 as 
true then consider how things should have been different:


First, Professor McGonagall certainly would have mentioned this the night of 
Nov. 1 in her questioning of Albus as to what the truth was surrounding what 
had happened.  It wouldn't be something she didn't know about because it was 
a major catastrophe as described by Minister Fudge in PoA pg 208 [ch 10], the 
news of which would have spread just as fast as the news about Voldemort's 
disappearance.<<

How could she have heard anything of the sort when she was sitting on the 
Dursley's wall all day? Unless Sirius was captured very early in the morning 
-- which we've NOT been told. No one seems to have made much of the point 
that Minerva had abandoned her post and played hooky all day to spy on the 
Dursleys. But she clearly had!

Dumbledore would have heard of the matter by then, of course, having been in 
London for at least part of the day, (yet another reason for his claiming 
that Harry has no one but the Dursleys to turn to). He would have had his own 
reasons not to bring Minerva up to speed on this point. I'm not sure they 
concern us.

Agree that the Sirius/Peter confrontation might just as easily have taken 
place the following day. It would be easy enough for a nonpartcipant like 
Rosemerta to have mentally conflated the two days.

-JOdel