[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape finding Lily's letter

[Maria]

No: HPFGUIDX 173984

 Zara <zgirnius at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  > > CathyD:
>  > >
>  > > I still have a huge problem with the letter being in
>  > > GP in the first place. It just does not fit.
>  >
>  > bboyminn:
>  >
>  > What is it about the letter that you (and others)
>  > object to or don't understand? It was a letter written
>  > to Sirius a long time ago, and it was in Sirius's
>  > bedroom. Which part of that causes a problem?
>
>  zgirnius:
>  It is a timeline issue. The letter is from a married Lily Potter to
>  Sirius, and is found in 12 GP. Sirius moved out of his parents' home
>  and into the Potters' at the age of 16, before Lily married. Upon his
>  majority he received an inheritance and got his own place, never
>  moving to 12 GP until after he escaped Azkaban.
>
>  So Lily wrote to him at his then place of residence, not 12 GP. How
>  did the letter get there?
>
>  We can explain it in a number of ways, but it does require
>  explanation, it is not the natural place for such a thing to be. I
>  figure that after Sirius was sent away, the Ministry boxed up his
>  stuff and gave it to Ma Black, who dumped the items in his old
>  bedroom.
>

Maria now:

We can safely assume that, between the time he stayed with the Potters
(probably until 17) and the moment the Potters died and he went to
Azkaban, that Sirius had his own place. He could have rented, which
would have caused some issue at the end of his lease regarding his
personal possessions, but he could have as well bought. I don't have
OofP with me, so I can't check, but I recall that one of Sirius's
uncles gave him money to settle down, and i remember it as if he had
bought his own place. Therefore, the place would still be his at the
time of OotP, although unsafe to return, given he's still on the run.
Surely some of his possessions must have been confiscated, but I doubt
all of them were deemed dangerous, critical or worth taking by the
ministry. Therefore, any order member could have gathered such things
for him at the time and moved them to GP. Now, there is no mention of
this additional place when Dumbledore mentions the inheritance, but it
could have been sold by then and the equivalent gold be already in his
vault. On the other hand, if he had rented, the Ministry would
probably have a few boxes with his possessions, and as someone
mentioned, Kingsley could have easy sneaked them out of the Ministry.

Did I make any sense? I hope so! Anyway, as I mentioned in an earlier
message, I was very touched about Lily's comment of James growing
restless locked inside their house in Godric's Hollow, which must have
given Sirius some comfort while he was locked in GP.

Maria