Peter Pettigrew, questions and commentary and another question

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No: HPFGUIDX 101606

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> wrote:
> Phil wrote:
> >More sinister in my opinion was the excessively quick arrival of
> >Fudge, who IIRC was the first on the scene.
> 
> Ffred:
> Though (and this thought suddenly jumps into my mind) I wonder if it was
> _Sirius_ who called them in - he located Peter and called Fudge to come in
> and help arrest him, and that's why he was laughing when the Ministry took
> him away instead?
> 
> No, hang on, it's Sirius we're talking about, the man who never told anyone
> anything...
> 

If you're really devious.....

Peter tipped off Fudge *and* made sure Sirius knew where he was.
The 'confrontation' was staged on ground of Peter's choosing; he already
knew what he was going to do, how he was going to escape, leaving
Sirius carrying the can.

Whether Fudge was actually in on it or a dupe is problematical. IMO given
his track record, this is yet something else he wouldn't be comfortable
answering questions about.

Kneasy