E!Lupin

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 57907

Amy, speaking for SLURP:

 Sirius) thought he was the spy:  because there 
> seemed to be *someone* spying and it was someone very 
close to James  and Lily.  Why do we need to peer into Lupin's 
character in order to  understand how he might fall under 
suspicion?  In an atmosphere like  Sirius describes in "Padfoot 
Returns," trust is thin on the ground.  
> If the circle of friends consisted of MWPP (though it could well 
have  been wider--we don't know), then by process of 
elimination, Sirius would reason, as far as he reasoned at all:
> 
> -It's not me.
> -It's not Peter.  I love him and all, but he's not exactly the 
> brightest bulb on the tree.  Who'd ask him to be a spy?  He'd 
never  be up to it.
> -Uh oh.  That seems to leave Remus.

The trouble with this reasoning is that it excludes James and 
Lily. They also must have believed that the spy had to be (or 
could have been, if the circle was wider) Lupin rather than 
Sirius...or why didn't *they* tell Lupin about the switch?


Pippin