Some points in OOP

[justcarol67]

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> Well, great.  I just read the chapter closer, and some days elapse
between 
> the night on the closed ward and the argument between Sirius and
Snape. Still, 
> it's an interesting theory.
> 
> Amber

Carol:
You're right. The Sirius/Snape scene occurs on the last day of the
holidays. I don't suppose that information shoots down the theory
completely--Snape could have made one visit on Christmas and another
on the last night before he returned to the school, but the theory
suddenly seems less exciting and plausible than it did when the visit
appeared to be on the same night as the confrontation with Sirius.

Still, the other people in the ward have a clear relation to the plot,
Lockhart in a previous book, Bode later in OoP, the Longbottoms (we
can safely assume) in Book 6 or 7, so why just throw in Agnes and her
son? Like the mention of Mark Evans earlier in the book, it's a
definite clue. So are Snape's traveling cloak and his twice-mentioned
need to leave in a hurry. He has some sort of urgent personal business
that he doesn't feel compelled to share with Sirius, as he might if it
related to the Order. ("See, I'm out here risking my life for Our Side
and you're staying home killing doxies!") The question is, do these
pieces belong the same puzzle?

Carol