Sneakoscope question

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 95797

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, electrogirl <jennalei2003 at y...>
wrote:
> Hi all.   
>  
> ... I'm rereading POA (again!!) and during the Hogwarts Express trip
to school, Harry, Ron and Hermione are in the train compartment with a
sleeping Lupin and for apparently no reason, the sneakoscope Ron had
given to Harry for a birthday gift started going off.
>  
> ...edited book quote...
>  
> Is it to do with Pettigrew!Scabbers?  Or is Lupin only pretending to
sleep and eavesdropping?  Any thoughts on who's being untrustworthy??
>  
> Jen (who wishes she had her own sneakoscope)

bboy_mn:

I think the answer to your question is on the previous page (previous
relative to the text you quoted pg 75).

>>> Paraphrased from AM PB PG 74 <<<
Harry, Ron, & Hermione have just entered the train compartment where
they find Lupin sleeping.

RON: "Who d'you reckon he is?"
HERMIONE: "Professor R. J. Lupin"
RON(assumed): "How d'you know that?"
HERMIONE: "It's on his case."

> > > END < < <

This is followed by a brief narative and discussison of him being the
new DADA teacher, then your quote begins.

I think Scabbers heard the name R. J. Lupin and in a matter of seconds
he went from his usual laid-back snoozy rat-self to Hyper-Paranoid.
What if Ron took Scabbers out of his pocket and Lupin recognised him?
I think it was this sudded shift in Scabber's state of mind that
triggered the Sneakoscope.

But that's just my opinion.

bboy_mn