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[amiabledorsai]

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> houyhnhnm: 
> And what was he doing on the train in the first place?  It's a 
> strange way for a fully qualified wizard to travel.  Maybe he
> was too poor to own a broom, but why not apparate or travel
> by floo?
> > 

> Ceridwen:
> I think it *might* be customary for a new teacher to ride the train.  
> Lupin does it in PoA, and Slughorn does it in HBP.  Harry doesn't 
> notice Quirrel on the train so he may have gone straight to the 
> castle (wasn't he a teacher there before his year off?), Lockhart 
> probably wouldn't have been caught dead on it (too common, no grand 
> entrance), and Umbridge would have seen herself as too much above 
> riding with the students.  But, Lupin is not the only new instructor 
> we see on the train.


Amiable Dorsai:
Good thought.  Another possibility is that he was simply nostalgic.
A trip on the Hogwarts Express would be a way to recapture the 
feeling of the last truly happy time of his life.

Did anyone else have the feeling that Lupin really wasn't asleep for
the whole trip?  I thought it odd, while reading the scene, that he
wasn't awakened by the kerfuffle with Draco.  After I finished the
book, I thought that perhaps he was feigning sleep in order to listen
in on Harry, to get some insight into James's and Lily's son. (Fodder
for you, Pippin, if you wish to ascribe harsher motives!)

Amiable Dorsai