Narcissa Malfoy (WAS: Everything Stolen (WAS: Why the Dark Mark?

[justcarol67]

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Carol earlier:
> > We know, however, that Sirius last saw Bellatrix when he was about
the age Harry is when he first comes to Grimmauld Place (between his
fourth and fifth years). Therefore it makes sense that her seventh
year corresponded with his fourth, which would make her three years
older than MWPP and Snape and two years younger than Lucius, who is 41
at the end of GoF as compared with Snape's 36. <snip>

Kethryn responded:
> 
> <snip>  I can't find that particular quote that you are referring
to, do you by chance have a page number?  I am only asking because I
did not read Sirius' statement to mean that the last time he saw Bella
was at Hogwarts and I distinctly remember thinking at the time that he
could have been at her wedding which makes the rest of his statement
infinitly more believable.  After Bella married whichever Lestrange it
was, she would have moved into his house/their new home and Sirius
(who wasn't all that fond of Bella or the Lestranges) would not have
gone to visit.  Not that I am saying that it was a wedding, for all
> I know, they ran into each other at a garden party.

Carol responds:
I doubt very much that Sirius would have attended Bellatrix's wedding,
especially since he was estranged from his family from the time he was
sixteen. We do know that Bellatrix was part of the gang of Slytherins
so her school years overlapped with Sirius's, but neither she nor any
of the other gang members were present in the Pensieve scene, an
indication that they were all older than Severus and MWPP and had left
school. At any rate, it makes sense to me that the last time he saw
her was her last day at Hogwarts at the end of her seventh year, and
since Sirius says he was about Harry's age (Harry has recently
completed his fourth year), it would seem that Sirius and Bellatrix
are three years apart. Here's the quote, from "The Noble and Most
Ancient House of Black" in OoP:

"Does it matter if she's my cousin?" snapped Sirius. "As far as I'm
concerned, they're not my family. *She's* certainly not my family. I
haven't seen her since I was your age, unless you count a glimpse of
her coming in to Azkaban. Do you think I'm proud of having relatives
like her?" (OoP Am. ed. 114)

Doesn't sound to me as if he attended her wedding or had anything to
do with her outside a few inevitable sightings at school. BTW, she
married Rodolphus, but his brother Rabastan seems to be their
inseparable follower. (I'm curious about him, but I seem to be the
only one who is.)

Carol