Sirius' escape timeline

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 109252

> Evening (4-5): I say (4-5) because we don't know how long Sirius 
was 
> babbling in his sleep, or how long he's known about Peter. I vote 
for 
> 4-5 days because the Weasley family picture was taken about a week 
> before Harry's birthday, and Harry hears about Black on the muggle 
> news on his birthday. 

Allie
"I think it has to be more than 4 or 5 days.  Sirius tells Harry that 
the knowledge of Peter being alive and the traitor became an 
obssession.  4 or 5 days wouldn't be long enough to do that."


DuffyPoo:
It might be enough time, being as that was all Sirius had to think about, locked in an Azkaban cell, and it kept the Dementors out of his head, since it wasn't a happy thought.  Dwelling on it constantly kept the Dementors at bay.  

Also, we know the Weasleys were on holiday in Egypt for a month and Ron said they would be back 'about a week' before term started.  HP saw Black on the news and got the clipping from Ron on the same day, his 13th birthday, July 31st, but the picture must have been taken about a week previous, given that Errol had to fly the package from Egypt to Surrey, and we know that Errol is not the most reliable of birds, "Errol!" said Ron, taking the limp owl from Percy and extracting a letter from under its wing. "Finally [italicised] -- he's got Hermione's answer.  I wrote to  her saying we were going to try to rescue you from the Dursleys." Ron also indicated to Harry and Hermione that he wasn't supposed to use Errol to send Harry's birthday present, "You know he's not really up to long journeys."



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