CHAPDISC: DH1, The Dark Lord Ascending

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 175954

va32h;
> I have no idea if Snape captured Burbage - although since we do 
have 
> canon that he was inside Hogwarts sometime after Dumbledore's 
murder 
> but before he was announced Headmaster (his conversation with DD's 
> portrait prior to the events in the Seven Potters chapter) it would 
> not be unreasonable to conclude that Snape had access to the school 
> and its occupants. 

Ceridwen:
I thought the staff all left for the summer holidays.  Anyway, that's 
what I've always heard.

I thought Snape got into Hogwarts after the school closed down for 
the year, after Dumbledore's funeral.  We know this visit took place 
sometime before the last full week of July.  He wouldn't have much 
trouble coming through the Shrieking Shack's tunnel, which would be 
my most likely scenario, and we see the Shrieking Shack being used 
later.  Since he and DD were in collusion with this plan, the office 
would open to him.

Ceridwen.