When Severus Came to The Shack (Was: Snape's involvement in the murder of Sirius

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 169043

> Jen:

> Since we have no canon either way about what Snape heard 
> re: the night of the Shrieking Shack, there's every likelihood 
> he still thought Sirius capable of murder and both a threat 
> and a danger to the operation. 

Goddlefrood:

Thank you for a thoughtful post. I just wanted to add a little 
information to respond to the above snippet that may assist. The 
ultimate conclusion is that Snape did not hear the part of the 
exchange in the Shrieking Shack where Sirius was exonerated, but 
he did come i quite a little earlier than when he threw off the 
Invisibility Cloak in my interpretation.

Here is the relevant extract of where I feel he first started 
listening in:

"Lupin broke off. There had been a loud creak behind him. The 
bedroom door had opened of its own accord. All five of them 
stared at it. Then Lupin strode towards it and looked out into 
the landing.
'No one there ...'
'This place is haunted!' said Ron
'It's not,' said Lupin, still looking at the door in a puzzled 
way. 'The Shrieking Shack was never haunted ... the screams and 
howls the villagers used to hear were made by me.'"

p. 258 - Bloomsbury Paperback Edition

My view is that this is Snape entering. It is before Remus 
starts to explain about his school days and how he came to 
Hogwarts, but after the exposition on the night of the Potters' 
deaths.

Snape appears within the room from under the IC on p. 262 after 
much information has been revealed, including, but not limited 
to the Marauders becoming Animagi.

Perhaps this would assist, perhaps not, there it is.

Goddlefrood