young Remus's conscience

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...>
wrote:

> I don't get the comment about handing back the wands?

IIRC this thread started with someone saying, was Snape accurate to
accuse James of only attacking him four against one, or was it really
only two against one, and someone replied that Peter and Remus would
surely hand James or Sirius back their wands if Snape did a successful
Disarming Charm, therefore they count as attackers and 'four' is
accurate.

Then I said that Peter would be thrilled and ecstatic to be able to
assist his heroes, James and Sirius, by handing back their wands, but
Remus wouldn't do it. I have two reasons why Remus wouldn't do it. His
conscience and his reputation. You don't agree about his conscience.
Even without a conscience, he wouldn't take part in a four against one
attack in front of witnesses because he likes having people think well
of him, and would not like people gossiping about that misbehavior.