Why didn't the Longbottoms go into hiding?

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 110576

>>> NHR wrote: 
> After Proffessor Trelawny's prediction in the Hog's Head, why 
> did only the Potter's go into hiding and not also the Longbottoms? 
<<<


Brenda:

Well we don't know for certain whether the Longbottoms went into 
hiding or not, do we? We only know that Frank and Alice were 
tortured by Bella & co after Voldemort's disappearance.

Why they were tortured bothers me though. I think the explanation we 
are given in the book was that they were tortured for information 
related to Voldemort's whereabout or some nonsense like that.

No, I personally think they had Neville in protection and that's why 
Frank and Alice were tortured -- DEs wanted to find Neville in the 
hopes to use the other prophecy boy to restore Voldemort. I don't 
think permanently driving them to insanity was in Bella's agenda, it 
wouldn't have done them any good. I can think of a scenario where 
Frank and Alice egged them on ('did you know, your Dark Lord has 
been vanquished by an infant boy') and Bella finally lost it there.

Brenda