Who was who's Pet? WAS Tonks's age: A possible solution

[Rebecca Bowen]

>Amanda said:

>I don't know!! ;-) Perhaps Snape was Bella's pet in school?

Rebecca, chiming in:

Maybe not, but perhaps he was Cissy's paramour from afar.... is that 
possible in the age timeline? :)  Take how she knew where Snape lived - 
Bellatrix certainly didn't know if you take her comment about the general 
vacinity at face value:

"He lives here?" asked Bella in a voice of contempt. "Here? In this Muggle 
dunghill? We must be the first of our kind ever to set foot--""

If you carefully read the paragraphs after that statement in the 2nd 
chapter, one gets the sense that Narcissa taking shortcuts thru an alley and 
not ever getting lost in traversing what's described as almost identical 
streets getting to Snape's house is rather like taking the path from 
memory - it could lead one to believe you might have to be intimate with 
where he lives to find it. When has she been there and how often?  Why does 
JKR (other than to describe the general locale) have to specifically show us 
that Narcissa *knows the way?*  I won't even comment on the intimate 
familiarity these 2 appear to have with one another..to the point of 
Narcissa's grabbing of Snape's robes, kneeling at his feet, and pressing her 
lips to Snape's hand?

For the face time Narcissa had in HBP, one would think perhaps we'd know 
more about her.  As far as I know, we don't even know if she went to 
Hogwarts, nor do we know what House she was in.  Something more to 
ponder.... ;)

Rebecca