Secret Keepers/JKR Poll Question

[spotsgal]

No: HPFGUIDX 148764

> lolita_ns wrote:
> I repeat, *no one* but PP, Sirius and the Potters knew of the 
> switch, so, in order for Hagrid to be able to find the house, the 
> Secret had to have been revelaed to him by the SK.  And it hadn't 
> been, for he honestly believed that Sirius had been the SK... 

Christina:

Several other posters have run off of this same assumption, but it's
important to remember that Harry is told the 12GP secret by the
Secret-Keeper *without* the SK being present.  Dumbledore writes the
secret on a note, and it is given to Harry.  Harry reads the note,
absorbs the secret, and enters the house, all without knowing the
identity of the SK.  A few others have mentioned this, too, but it
seems to have slipped under the radar - it is completely possible that
PP was writing out notes for people (like Hagrid and Dumbledore) to
tell them the secret.  Those people would have had no reason to
suspect that anybody other that Sirius was writing them.

The *real* question here is - how did the Muggle authorities find the
house after it had been destroyed?  Either the house itself was
visible all along (and the Potters themselves were invisible) or the
charm broke when the Potters died and/or the house was destroyed.


> Finwitch:
> 
> As for forgetting an adress etc. Why not? She hasn't visited all 
> that often, has she? She probably wouldn't even notice unless she 
> needed it. People do forget things all the time.

Christina:

But Bellatrix has a very important reason to try and recall this
particular piece of information.  If Dumbledore was correct in his
assumptions of the lines of inheritance, then Bella should have
realized when she killed Sirius that the house would fall into her
possession.  Bella may be a bit unbalanced, but surely she follow a
family tree, especially when there's something in it for her.

> bboyminn:
> PS: A short public apology to both Christina and Carol. In recent
> posts I have agree with them in a way in which my agreement wasn't
> clear.

Christina:

No problem - I figured that you had just read my post a bit fast and
missed a double negative or two (I do that a lot if I'm in a hurry),
but I see what you are saying now.  Thanks for clarifying :)

I'd also like to apologize again for the double-post the other day. 
Both Yahoo and my computer have been acting up lately...ick

And as a complete sidenote - does anybody know what happened to the
Potter Index (www.potterindex.com)?  I've found it very helpful with
posts to this list, and I wonder where it's gone.

Christina