Observations and Questions

[bowlwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 57613

---  Odile Falaise wrote:
<snip entering/leaving with invisibility cloak> 

> How long has the Fat Lady been the guardian of the
> Gryffindor entrance?  I am wondering if she was around
> during the heyday of the Marauders, and, if so (as is
> likely), then she would have been (somewhat) mindful
> of James sneaking out using the Cloak (and perhaps his
> father as well? and so on...) 

And now bowlwoman:

In GoF (US hardback, page 616), we see that the Fat Lady was around 
during Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's schooldays:

>>> "And the Fat Lady?" said Bill.

"She was here in my time," said Mrs. Weasley.  "She gave me such a 
telling off one night when I got back to the dormitory at four in the 
morning --" <<<<<

Since the Weasley parents are definitely older than the Marauders, 
the Fat Lady would had to have been there during LMPP's time at 
Hogwarts.  The only exception could possibly be if she took a 
sabbatical for 7 or so years, but I deem that highly unlikely.

That paragraph also states that the Fat Lady wasn't above 
reprimanding the students when she felt they were out too late, so I 
would speculate that LMPP had to use precautions similar to the ones 
HRH use now in order to avoid the Fat Lady getting on their cases.

bowlwoman