CHAPTER DISCUSSION: PS/SS 3, The Letters from No One

[pippin_999]

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> Potioncat:
> Why do you think the conversation with Snape took place after Harry was left at the Dursleys? I don't have my book with me to double check, but I had the impression that the conversation with Snape took place almost immediately after DD found out about the Potters. Snape doesn't act like someone who has known about Lily all day.

Pippin:
I was trying to indicate that the two events weren't far apart but we couldn't say for certain which happens first -- everything could change if JKR decides to resolve the missing 24 hours.

Snape, like McGonagall, might have been unwilling to believe that Lily was dead until he heard it from Dumbledore. If so, the conversation in DH could have taken place after Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts. I had the impression that Dumbledore had already seen the scar, and realized what it meant.

Pippin