Sirius and Bravery WAS Re: Secret Keeper

[kiricat2001 <Zarleycat@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51743

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Torsten <sevothtarte at g...> 
wrote:
> Marianne:
> >And as for the Secret Keeper deal, well, again the event can be 
> >interpreted in different ways. Sirius knew that the DEs would come 
> >after him.  He was going to be in for a bad time no matter who was 
> >the Secret Keeper. He may have believed he could stay at least one 
> >step ahead of those who would torture him for information. 
> 
> I'm wondering why they were so certain the DEs would find Sirius. 
He's an animagus, 
> for god's sake. Do some apparating jumps to Greece, Russia or the 
US and live in dog 
> form in a forest, how should they find him? Why did they send Peter 
to a hideout, he 
> could have hidden in Hogwarts as a rat. The Potters didn't tell 
anyone they changed 
> secret keepers, they wouldn't have had to tell anyone where Sirius 
or Peter went, where 
> and how they were hiding.
> 

But, the Potters, Sirius, Remus, Peter, all knew there was a traitor 
in their midst. They all knew of each others' Animagus ability. No 
one knew at the time whether the traitor might have already spilled 
that info to the DEs, in which case, one's Animagus form would not 
necessarily be a defense. As to leaving the country, I have no 
theory. It certainly doesn't seem to be something that anyone thought 
of.  

Marianne