How DD knew was Re: DD: an appreciation plus Lupin - again.

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> Neri:
> > But there is a much simpler and more obvious way for DD to 
> know  exactly what happened in Godric's Hollow. The Potters 
> could have a  portrait of a past Hogwarts headmaster in their 
> living room (with  other paintings in each room of the house 
> functioning as the  intranet). If I were DD I would have certainly 
> insisted they'll have  one.<
> 
> Pippin:
> There may well have been portraits there. But assuming that the 
> rebounded AK destroyed the house and any portraits in it, no 
> portrait could have told Dumbledore that Harry was still alive.


Neri:
We are talking here about a past Hogwarts headmaster portrait. He is 
not confined to the Potters' house. He'd run immediately to tell DD. 
actually, the real question is the opposite: why did the portrait 
stay to see the whole thing instead of running to get DD immediately 
when James shouted "It's Voldemort". It is reasonable to assume the 
whole thing happened quite fast, and maybe the past headmaster was at 
one of his other portraits and visited the Potters' just in time to 
witness the end of the match between Voldy and Lily.

Or maybe it was not a portrait. My point is that there are many 
possible ways for DD to know what happened in GH without any 
additional (real) person in the place, such as Lupin or DD himself, 
to witness everything. 

Neri