Thoughts on Pettigrew (was Re: The other 'interesting' answer)

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 114884


Kneasy wrote, in response to "What has Peter Pttigrew been up to?":
> > Since the rat doesn't do anything on his own initiative these
> > days I thought it might be vaguely interesting to find out what 
> > he'd been sent off to do. If, as you surmise the answer really 
> > is "interesting" then she's pulled a fast one on us - because I 
> > can't find any clues anywhere.
  
Entropy replied:
 
> (OOP, Ch4):  "...and age-blackened portraits hung crooked on the
> walls.  Harry heard something scuttling behind the baseboard.  Both
> the chandelier and the candelabra on a rickety table nearby were
> shaped like serpents."
> 
> Perhaps Peter's been scuttling behind the baseboards at Grimmauld
> Place! Now that would be interesting!

Yb now:
I checked "Fantastic Beasts" (on the hint of WWP's "New Clues" book) 
and found that the "scuttling" is probably due to a Bundimun 
infestation. They bring along a foul stench of decay, and Harry did 
notice a rotting smell when he walked in the house. 

So something that smells foul (and looks foul, by the description in 
FB) that can be taken care of by a Scouring charm (Scourgify, 
anyone?) is destroying the foundation of the Order, and should be 
disposed of immediately before the Order collapses. Sound like 
anyone we know and hate or love?

BTW, I think ol' Rat-man was tailing Hagrid and Olympe. Hagrid 
mentions that they gave "the berk tailin' us" the slip. Sirius tells 
Harry that in that Snape's-worst-memory-pensieve scene, they were 
acting like "berks." Also, "tailing" may be a well-hidden hint. And 
most importantly, the "berk" lost Hagrid and Mme. Maxime in France. 
I don't think any ordinary bumbler could do that, that just reeks of 
worthless, wimpy old Peter.

But if Peter was tailing Mme. Maxime and Hagrid, is that an 
interesting answer? Or is the interesting part about what Rat-man 
was doing after H&MM "lost" him? Diod they actually shake him, or do 
they just think they did?

~Yb, making more questions than she answered