Prophecy wording

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128058


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatelderone" 
<greatelderone at y...> wrote:

GEO: 
> Except we all know that Sirius wasn't the servant of the Dark 
> Lord and he had already broken free from Azkaban the previous year 
> so 
> he really isn't the servant mentioned in the prophecy.

Geoff:
But at the point when Harry hears Trelawney making this prophecy, we 
do /not/ know that Sirius is on the side of good. This occurs in the 
chapter* prior to Harry's meeting with him in the Shrieking Shack**.

*  (POA "Professor Trelawney's Prediction" p.238 UK edition)
** (POA "Cat, Rat and Dog" p.248 UK edition)