Pondering that Secret Keeper thing

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" <:
> >  
> > > See this is where I start to get confused.
> > > "Nose against the window". So THIS person can see a house just 
> not 
> > > who is in it. Those who haven't been told the location of the 
HQ 
> > > can't see the house.
> > > 
> > > I'm guessing that it all depends on precisly how the secret 
> itself 
> > is 
> > > worded. The Potter's secret only hid THEM since from what 
> Flitwick 
> > > said it did not neccessarily hide thier HOUSE. The HQ IS a 
house 
> > and 
> > > so the whole thing becomes hidden. That's the best I can come 
up 
> > with 
> > > so far.


Me:  This is just a thought:  What if the Fidelus Charm can't hide 
you from people who already know where you are?  What I suspect is 
that James and Lily switched to Peter Petigrew as sceret keeper "at 
the last moment", but Sirus helped with the preparations of the their 
stay in Godric's Hallow.  So Sirus knew where they'd be-- maybe not 
the exact house address, but just the general township.  So when he 
set out for Godric's Hallow, he didn't really know where they were, 
but was able to determine which was their house by the smoldering 
wreckage.  

By having Sirus know the township would sovle the problem of "How did 
he know where to go", while also not knowing enough to betray Lily 
and James should he be captured and tortured by LV or his Death 
Eaters.

He could have also sent out an owl to Dumbledore before he set out 
for Godric's Hallow... and of course Dumbledore could have told 
Hagrid to go to Godric's and look for Sirus.

-alec