What about the Door(that wasn't at the end of the tunnel)?

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 99632

(snip my original post) 
> Carolyn:
> 
> Yes, what was Wormtail up to whilst all this was going on. The only 
> one small enough to satisfactorily fit down the tunnel. I think it 
is 
> very possible that he slipped down there and removed the protection 
> for the reasons you suggest, and perhaps this was always his role - 
> the others had specifically taught him how to do this, because they 
> were all too big to get down the tunnel in their transformed 
states. 
> Some questions, however:
> 
> This still assumes a large werewolf could get out of that tiny, 
> cramped tunnel, once the protection was removed.

Ginger:  Susan Snow and potioncat asked the same, but with 
interesting variations.  I tried to do that cut and paste thing, but 
I am a Muggle, so I'm afraid I don't have their posts here, but I'll 
address this to all of you:

Do you think it is possible that the tunnel that we see in PoA is 
smaller than it was in the days when it was used for werewolf 
containment?  It sounds to me (and this is only my impression, so I 
could well be wrong) that they didn't have to crawl, or bend double 
the whole way.  Is it possible that there was a partial cave-in since 
that time?  

Carolyn:
> Is little Wormtail strong/brave enough as a rat to lead a raving 
> werewolf out through the tunnel alone?

Ginger:  I don't think he would have to lead him- it would have been 
more a matter of getting the heck out of the way! ;)

Carolyn:
> If James knew the nature of the protection, and saw it had been 
> removed, why did he not quickly reinstate it?
 
Ginger:  Very good question:  perhaps he did, and that's how he saved 
Snape.
 
Carolyn:
> Why was the protection, if it existed, so easy to break? One might 
> expect something a bit better of Dumbledore..perhaps Poppy Pomfrey 
> isn't too good at this sort of spell.

Ginger:  I doubt either of them would have thought about keeping 
others from releasing him.  I think the protection was meant just to 
keep him from releasing himself.  

Carolyn:
> If Snape has known the truth of all this for years, why is he still 
> insisting they tried to kill him? It makes his obsession even more 
> childish. Unless this is a deep-laid distraction, agreed between 
him 
> and Dumbledore to cover up his spying activities. Have to say, his 
> rage at the end of POA sounded pretty convincing !

Ginger:  I'd place my bet that Sirius was the instigater, and that 
Peter just "buffed it up" a bit by removing the barrier.  I doubt the 
others would have told on him, or that he'd have been caught.  Snape 
may have no idea about Peter's part of the plot, nor may DD, for that 
matter.

And you're sure right about that rage-it's convincing!

Ginger, not saying her idea is true, just that it would be nice know 
all the details, and it's fun to speculate until then.