[HPforGrownups] PoA question and Sirius

[Scott Northrup]

No: HPFGUIDX 50390

kermit13166 at yahoo.com :


> I have a question that is bugging me that perhaps someone can help me
> with. In PoA, Sirius tells Harry that he was the one who sent the
> Firebolt....10 yrs worth of gifts etc... My question is two
> fold...One-how did he get to Gringotts to get his money out without
> being seen and second Sirius said he gave Crookshanks the
> order....Would no one find it odd that a cat delivers such an order?
> Just wondering....


Well, I'll answer the easy part first.  I don't think a wizard would
consider it odd if a cat delivered an order for goods/services.  Okay, maybe
*odd* but not "Cat delivering an order of galvanized pipe, lumber, and nails
to the local hardware store" odd.  Only odd in that it was a cat, and not an
owl.

As for how he managed to get his money out of Gringotts.  Well, really JKR
only knows, but I can make wild shots in the dark.  I'd just have to guess
that there is some sort of Wizarding Credit (most canon evidence would
indicate that this is not true, but I said it was a shot in the dark, didn't
I?).  Or maybe he sent Crookshanks with his key, and a note to the goblins
to retrieve X galleons and give them to the cat.  He also could have dressed
like a hag and waltzed into Gringotts and gotten it himself.  I have a
feeling that the Goblins will just give let you into any vault you want
(well, the key opened ones) assuming you have the key.  Plus, I'm guessing
that Goblins have a privacy policy thing going on- so Sirius could have
walked into the bank, gotten his gold, and assuming the only person that saw
him were Gringotts goblins, he wouldn't have had any problems.

It's anyone's guess, really.

-Scott
(who still thinks that wizard credit wouldn't be the worst solution)