OOP: Does Molly know?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 64104

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "txjen70" <jen60565 at a...> wrote:
> Does Molly know that she was harboring a murderer in her house for 
> 13 years or so?  I was just thrown my the comment she made when 
> asking Ron what sort of reward he wanted for becoming a prefect.  
> SHe said he always like Scabbers.  And while that may have been true 
> at the time, the knowledge of what/who Scabbers was I think is 
> pretty much ruined any memories of him for Ron.  So was Mrs. Weasley 
> being sightly insensitive, forgetful or just doesn't know?
> 
> The fact that she knows Sirius is a good guy makes me think she was 
> eventually told the story, but it just seemed odd for her to ask Ron 
> about him.
> 
> Also, does anyone think that Scabbers/Wormtail/Peter's knowledge of 
> the Weasley's might come into play?

 
I'd forgotten about this line, but it ties in nicely with Molly's hideously 
insensitive comment to Sirius about being in Azkaban.

Remember, for 13 years, Molly thought of Sirius as the traitor and a murderer 
of Muggles besides. In GoF, she still reacts to him with fear, until Ron says, 
"Shut up, mom, it's ok." 

Molly just hasn't wrapped the knowledge around her head yet, most likely. 
Perhaps it hasn't fully sunk in that Pettigrew was Scabbers, at least not 
enough to where she doesn't make slips from time to time.

But I don't think I've ever been angrier at Molly when she threw Azkaban in 
Sirius' face. Wonder how she feels about that now, considering that after 
griping at Fred and George about OWLs and then fearing they were dead, 
she went into hysterics.

Darrin