A mole in the order? was: Sirius - who is right?

[jstuart57]

No: HPFGUIDX 74530

magicroxx wrote:
> > > Harry thinks "Hermione says Sirius has been acting
> > > reckless" before drifting off to sleep. So Snape's comments
> > > definitely brought out the recklessness in Sirius. I see no 
purpose
> > > for this passage to be mentioned at all, unless its important. 
It
> > > also plays into my theory that there is a mole in the order and 
that
> > > mole is someone who 'volunteered' to be part of harry's guard.
 
Charlie wrote:
> > And, in tOotP, Mundungus Fletcher IS showing up with 
> > possibly-questionable ingredients for Fred & George;  and a final 
note: 
> >   no-one ever actually *SAW* that load of cauldron he went to see
> about, 
> > did they?

Kai wrote:
> After speaking with Sirius via the fire, Harry, Ron, and Hermione 
have
> decided to move forward with the DADA classes on the sly. Hermione 
has
> wondered aloud about whether they can trust Sirius' judgement.
> A while later, Harry is nodding off as he studies
> Potions--specifically he's reading about Confusing and Befuddlement
> Draughts--and makes the connection that these potions can cause
> "hot-headedness and recklessness" (UK edition, p. 340). 
> 
> Perhaps this is the passage that magicroxx is referring to?
> 
> When I read that passage, I immediately wondered if there was yet
> another spy in the Order and if s/he was slowly posioning Sirius. 
> 
> If there is such a mole, I would bet that, following in the 
footsteps
> of Peter, it would have to be someone who nobody would suspect.
> Someone completely innocuous or considered to be harmless or someone
> who could seamlessly blend into the surroundings. Tonks perhaps?


JoAnn:
Poison, eh?  Hmmm.  Who could it be?  Who knows all about that kind 
of stuff?  Snape is apparently in and out of Grimmauld Place all the 
time and he is, after all, the potions master.  Snape can't seem to 
get past his teenaged history, not enough to teach Harry Occlumency, 
and not enough to be above taunting Black (the kitchen table scene).  
Why not slip his old nemesis a little potion? Nothing to kill him 
outright, of course, but just a little something to enhance 
Black's "insanity," to make him more miserable. It wouldn't 
necessarily inconvenience the Order too much since all Black seems to 
do is sit around the house and mope anyway.  (No offense, Sirius 
fans; I'm thinking Snape thoughts.)  Snape might even be thinking so 
much the better if Sirius goes off and gets himself killed, but I 
hope not.  True, Snape's a git, but I dearly hope he's a redeemed 
git.  At any rate, Black's erratic mental condition could easily be 
chalked up to post-dementor stress syndrome or something and not 
necessarily poison/potion.  Good alibi, that.  Nicely Slytherin. 

I did wonder if Sirius was being poisoned when I read those scenes as 
well and it would be just like JKR to pull the rug out from under us 
with something like this.  We've been warned not to trust Snape or 
get to liking him too much.  'Course, JKR does like to throw us off 
track...

JoAnn