DD not reacting to Hagrid's mention of Sirius?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 184165

---  "mysterious_one1987" <dctalkpc3freak at ...> wrote:
>
> Hey there, ...
> 
> In SS/PS, Hagrid turns up at Privet Drive with Harry, where 
> he meets McGonagall and DD, as we all know. ... Hagrid states
> that when he went to pick up Harry, he saw Sirius there and 
> borrowed his motorbike.
> 
> Now, the Potters are already dead, and DD knows that a Fidelius
> Charm was put in place to protect their whereabouts from LV.  
> Dumbledore also presumed that Sirius was the SK for the 
> Potters, so it would follow that Dumbledore thinks, as everyone
> else does, that Sirius betrayed the Potters.  So why doesn't he
> react at all when Hagrid tells them that he saw Sirius?  ...
> 
> ~mysterious_one1987
>

bboyminn:

Tricky question that didn't go where I thought it was going to
go. 

First, you are making the assumption that AT THAT MOMENT
Dumbledore thought Sirius betrayed the Potters. I don't think
that's true. He knew something went wrong, but I don't think
he really knows what yet. 

The next day, it appears that Sirius kills Peter and several
muggle by-standers, and seems quite deranged, and as good as
admits it is all his fault. Now Dumbledore probably thinks 
Sirius did betray the Potters, though I'm sure even as he 
believed it, he felt the idea was unbelievable. 

A lot of what we know about that night and Sirius's role is
not in fact truth, but idle gossip and speculation by people
with no direct knowledge. A sort of myth or legend grew up
around Sirius's role that is now later accepted as truth.

Finally, I think in that moment with the arrival of Harry, 
Dumbledore is pre-occupied with the task at hand - getting
Harry safely to the muggles where he will be protected. That
is a real priority. 

So, while I can only speculate, I don't think in that
moment Dumbledore is convinced or knows or thinks that
Sirius betrayed the Potters. He knows something went wrong,
but he doesn't know what. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bluewizard