OOP: Major FLINT?? Neville and Sirius

[RSFJenny19 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 65196

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First off, I'm really sorry if someone's already written this, I haven't been 
following the Neville threads, but noticed a huge discrepency as I reread the 
book for the umpteenth time.

When Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna show up in the forest, conversation jumps 
right into Ron saying, "Has You-know-Who got Sirius or --" and then Harry 
saying yeah but he doesn't know how they're going to save him.  Now, unless I'm 
missing something, isn't Neville still under the impression Sirius is a murderer? 
 He's not in on the secret, right?  And he only ended up with the group 
because he was trying to save Ginny.  So WHY does he ask no questions here?  It's 
only when we're in the death chamber and Sirius has died that Neville finally 
asks if he was a friend of Harry's.  Was he merely clueless that they were 
referring to Sirius Black?

Opinions?

~Jenny