A Small Aside (Was When will the ministry start kicking butt and taking names?)

[Goddlefrood]

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> Jen D
> I don't have my copy of HPB in front of me but I seem to remember 
that the Dark Mark hung above the house.

Goddlefrood

Dumbledore actually stated that his main reason for knowing that 
Slughorn was not under attack was because the Dark Mark was not 
present over Horace's House.

This would be confirmed by Chapter 4 - Horace Slughorn in HBP.

Just a little aside, but the misconception that Slughorn conjured a 
Dark Mark as part of his ruse to fool DD or any other uninvited guest 
has to be corrected.

IMHO there is no concrete evidence that Slughorn was a Death Eater at 
any stage and I also contend that DD would not have hired him had he 
ever been one, which DD would have known.