[HPforGrownups] Re: Narcissa Malfoy (WAS: Everything Stolen (WAS: Why the Dark Mark?

[Amanda]

No: HPFGUIDX 121843

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> 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.)

Kethryn again -

To me, the quote (thanks for providing it *G*) doesn't indicate that he met
her at Hogwarts at all.  She could have been at the Black house the last
time he saw her, doing something with his mum.  You know, they are family,
like it or not, so it is conceivable that he ran into her at what was about
not to be his home anymore.  For all we know, she was actually the reason he
decided not to go back home anymore.  Also, the way JKR has written the
little bits we have seen of her character, I do imagine her as being about
Lucius's age (although I do admit that Azkaban might prematurly age a
person).  Sigh.  This could be yet another thing we will never know.

Keth