Escape from Azkaban Flint?

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 60569

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kristen Willard" 
<mcnerthney at m...> wrote:
> The escape of Sirius has always driven me mad. Did he escape the 
night Fudge 
> went out there?  

I don't think so. The confusion here is with Arthur saying 
that "Fudge went out to Azkaban the night Black escaped" and Fudge 
describing meeting Black on his "last inspection of Azkaban." To me, 
it seems obvious that these are two different visits. Fudge, as 
Minister of Magic, goes on regular, formal visits of inspection. His 
going to Azkaban the night Black escaped was something else 
altogether. He came then *because* Black escaped - as the person 
ultimately in charge, he had to go there to assess the situation, 
find out how it happened, etc. 
So, Black got the paper when Fudge was on a regular inspection visit, 
and some time after that (days, possibly weeks? Has somebody done a 
timeline on that?) escaped. On the night he escaped, Fudge was 
alerted and rushed down there to take control of the situation. Is 
there anything in the text that doesn't agree with this scenario?


Naama