Interpretation (was Re: Dumbledore's "“peaceful expression”?

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 141890

Julie:
> Neither does Snape mention it at a time he might be
> expected to, during his self-defense speech to Bellatrix ("I also 
> delayed the Order's arrival at the Department of Mysteries. It's not
> my fault you and the others couldn't do your part before the Order 
> arrived"). Given that lack of evidence of any deliberate  delay on the
> part of Snape, the most *likely* conclusion is that the inconsistency 
> was unintentional, a simple maths error on the part of JKR. Not the
> only conclusion, mind you, but the most likely conclusion.

Ceridwen:
In Spinner's End, page 29 US, Bellatrix seems to think the Order showed 
up much too soon:
"They were joined, as you very well know, by half of the Order before 
long!"  snarled Bellatrix.

Snape doesn't say anything to this, as Bellatrix moves on to why he 
doesn't reveal the location of Order headquarters, and it's just left 
lying in the dust.  'Before long' indicates something less than five 
hours, to me.

Ceridwen.