[HPforGrownups] Lupin visiting Sirius in Azkaban

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 112061

Hannah speculated:
>Could our friend Severus Snape have anything to do with
>it?  I find it hard to understand why Snape didn't know that
>Pettigrew was the traitor, since the other death eaters seemed to
>know, judging by their lack of surprise at finding him by LV's side
>at his return.  Maybe he didn't know until after the betrayal
>occurred (because that raises the question of why he didn't tell DD
>if he did know who the traitor was), and perhaps he decided it would
>be rather fitting to see his old enemy Black in Azkaban.  He could
>have lied to DD about having found some sort of damning evidence
>that Black was indeed the traitor.

I'm sure he allowed himself a wry smile at seeing Sirius hauled off to
prison. But only a private one.

Maybe Dumbledore just didn't ask the right question. If Snape just told him
that the Potters' Secret Keeper was the traitor, then (he might well think)
it's Dumbledore's fault for not confirming that they're both talking about
the same bloke.

And who was going to find out? James and Lily were both dead, Peter was (so
it was thought) equally safely dead (serves him right, thinks Snape,
miserable little rat), and Sirius could be safely assumed to be on the road
to insanity and death at the hands of the Dementors. Three of his worst
enemies cleared away at a stroke.

Make that a smirk rather than a wry smile.

Cheers

Ffred

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