Snape the Spy (WAS Re: Who was responsible for Sirius' death? ...)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 167685

Ceridwen:

> I thought the guard duty Ron mentions when Harry 
> joins them all at Headquarters was the guard duty on 
> Harry. Mrs Figg gets very upset when she finds that 
> Mundungus has gone off to perhaps manage his illicit 
> enterprise, and throws catfood tins at him for having 
> left. Wasn't it his turn to guard Harry when the 
> Dementor attack occurred?

houyhnhnm:

Mrs. Figg never puts in an appearance at Grimmauld 
Place.  How would Ron have any contact with her?  
Mundungus drops in frequently, but his conversation 
with the kids seems to center on contraband.  Ron says 
"some of them are standing guard over some*thing*".  
Even if you were piecing together bits of disconnected 
information overheard with extendable ears, it seems 
like you would not be likely  to mistake talk of 
guarding a person for guarding a thing.  

Ron also says that *they*re always talking about guard 
*duty*.  I'm assuming "they" are the people Ron is around 
daily--his parents, Lupin, Tonks.  It's something Ron 
picks up from them, but clearly isn't being told about 
because he doesn't know what it is they're guarding.  
If it is only Harry they are guarding, why would they 
keep that a secret from the kids?