Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Pron

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:
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> No, I do not think it does mean that, actually. Of course Sirius told Snape how to get there (or alluded as you said)!  My point is that to tell somebody how to get some place dangerous and then such person entirely of its own free will went there does not in my view equals setting Snape up, setting a trap for him, etc, etc. 

Pippin:
The set up is that Sirius knew that once Snape passed the willow, there would be nothing except the length of the tunnel between Snape and the werewolf's jaws. Snape did not know that, and there is no way he could have found out without entering the tunnel. Even if Sirius knew that Snape suspected Lupin's secret, Sirius was still withholding a vital piece of information. It's equivalent to telling someone how to break into a zoo, but not telling them that the tiger will be loose on the grounds. 

I can just imagine what McGonagall would make of such a defense. She would indeed have told Snape that nothing excused his being out of bounds at night, but she would also have told Sirius that his behavior was both forbidden, in aiding another student to break rules, and unworthy of a Gryffindor, in that he took unfair advantage of Snape.

Pippin