Snape finding Lily's letter

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 173951

>From the live chat yesterday:
"Lou: How did snape get into grimmauld place to get the second half of the letter, if there were protection spells on the house stopping snape getting in
J.K. Rowling: Snape entered the house immediately after Dumbledore's death, before Moody put up the spells against him."

If that is so, then in the chapter "The Prince's Tale," the memory order is wrong.  It shows Snape finding the letter after he lops off George's ear.  It does explain the tears, though, which I could not figure out.  I certainly couldn't imagine him shedding tears over either Harry or George Weasley.  Then I thought that 'Old Dusty' might have upset him a bit...

I still have a huge problem with the letter being in GP in the first place.  It just does not fit.  

CathyD
TrentonON

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