Snape / Theo / Peter Peter Death Eater / Snape's Memories

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 184932

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at ...> wrote:

> Is it canon that James dragged Severus out of the tunnel?


zanooda: 

Well, the book says that James "pulled him back". I don't know if 
this involves dragging or not :-). The book also says that Severus 
glimpsed the werewolf "at the end of the tunnel". I've always 
imagined it like this: Snape was already close enough to the opening 
leading into the Shack to see inside, when James caught up with him 
and "pulled him back", whatever it means. However, Snape caught a 
glimpse of the transformed Lupin inside the Shack through the 
opening. 

The werewolf probably didn't notice the boys, because otherwise he 
would have caught up with them in the tunnel before they could reach 
the Willow and turn it on :-). I don't think James could transform 
inside the tunnel, which is usually described as very narrow. BTW, 
the width of the tunnel is a puzzle to me. In DH the Trio has to 
crawl inside it on their hands and knees, but in PoA grown-ups Lupin 
and Sirius don't have to crawl to get out of the Shack. Did the 
tunnel shrink :-)?