[HPforGrownups] Re: Why didn't the Longbottoms go into hiding? (long)

[caesian]

No: HPFGUIDX 110693

> mhbobbin:
>  But this all raises another question about the Potters' hiding. Why
>  weren't the Potters in hiding before the Fidelius Charm? The Potters
>  were only under the Fidelius Charm for less than a week before
>  Pettigrew betrayed them. ...
> As there was over a year between the Prophecy / Birth of HP and the
>  Potters sealing their fate with Pettigrew, what protections were the
>  Potters taking before this?

Ceasian:
Because Dumbledore also had a spy, and when his spy Severus Snape told 
him that Voldemort was about to take action against the Potters they 
immediately went into hiding.  (I think?)


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