Sneakoscope question

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 95882

Sylvia wrote:
> I'm so glad someone has raised this question, as it has been puzzling 
> me since first reading The Prisoner of Azkaban.  I first thought it 
> was Lupin's presence that set the thing off, but obviously it wasn't 
> that.  Nor could it have been Scabbers, as he had been there all the 
> time without any reaction from the Sneakoscope.  It could have been 
> because Lupin was only pretending to be asleep - I've always thought 
> that he was fully aware of all the conversations going on around 
> him - but that doesn't seem a very convincing explanation.  Has 
> anyone got a better idea?


Carol:
*Had* Scabbers been there all along? I thought the sneakoscope was
with Ron in Egypt, then with Harry at the Dursleys. IIRC, it went off
in Egypt (again because of Scabbers) and Bill thought it was defective
but Ron "explained" it as reacting the twins putting beetles in Bill's
soup.

I always thought that both Lupin and Crookshanks in the train scene
and the twins in Egypt were red herrings, and the real cause in both
cases was Scabbers.

Carol