[HPforGrownups] Re: Rosier, Rookwood, Snape's gang of Slytherins

[Rebecca Williams]

No: HPFGUIDX 144735

Carol responds:
(big snip)
 
Re the gang itself, I'm guessing that Lucius Malfoy was the original
leader but is not mentioned by SB because he is six years older than
Severus Snape and the Marauders and would only have been at Hogwarts
for a year or two while they were there. I think he "adopted" the
precocious eleven-year-old Severus into his gang (the "lap dog"
reference) because the little boy knew so many hexes and was clearly a
genius. Bellatrix Lestrange is also older than Severus by about three
years (Sirius last saw her at the end of his fourth year, which means
that she must have left Hogwarts at that point, or earlier). 

   
Becky asks:
   
How do you know that Lucius is six years older and that Bellatrix is three years older and that Sirius last saw her at the end of his fourth year? I am sure you are right, I just can't remember reading it and am interested to know how you know.
   
thanks
Becky