The Animagus Black (was: Faking Sirius' Death?)

[carpenter_walrus]

No: HPFGUIDX 91528


Inge:
One thing that has kept me wondering is Bellatrix' words to Voldemort 
later when she tries to explain why she - and the rest of the DE's 
once again let Harry get away: "Master, I am sorry, I knew not. I was 
fighting the Animagus Black!" sobbed Bellatrix... "Master, you should 
know-" - and here she is - dang - interrupted by Voldemorts: "Be 
quiet, Bella!"

Inge again: 
Now - what *I* want to know is
1) What is it that Bellatrix "knew not" ?

Carpenter:
I thought that she didn't know that the prophecy had been destroyed 
(until Harry - and afterwards, Voldemort - told her in the Atrium), 
because she had been fighting Sirius.


Inge:
2) Why does she refer to Sirius as "The Animagus Black" instead of 
simply Sirius Black? Is it because 'the other' (Regulus) is still 
around somewhere and she doesn't want the names mixed up?

Carpenter:
You know, this whole "Is Sirius Alive" thing is just *killing* me. 
Having come to terms with his death and its significance on Harry, 
and in the series overall, I would be *so* angry with JKR if she 
brought him back to life. And besides, why would she have been 
bawling to her husband in the kitchen unless he was really dead? 

But... well, you have a great point here. In fact, it is *Sirius* 
(and the tapestry) that tell us that Regulus was killed, supposedly 
by Voldemort himself. We don't technically have any proof; even 
Sirius doesn't seem to have any proof, as he says something to the 
effect of "Based on what I was able to find out after the fact..." I 
don't have the book with me, so please forgive the paraphrasing.

So, Sirius doesn't technically know *for sure* that Regulus is dead; 
he simply has information to that effect, and seems to believe it.


Inge: 
3) What is it that she thinks her Master should know but doesn't get 
the chance to say before he interrupts her?

Carpenter:
Why, that Dumbledore is in the Ministry, of course. ;-)


-Carpenter-