The Gang RE: [the_old_crowd] Re: Snape curses WAS Tonks' age

[Eileen Rebstock]

Oliver:
> On a related subject, I believe there is a way to reconcile the
> apparent contradiction between Bellatrix's age, Snape's isolation in
> OoP and Sirius assurance that Snape was "part of a gang of
> Slytherins". It could very simply be that Snape met them at
> Slughorn's frequent parties, though they had left Hogwarts already.
 
*glomps Oliver* That's quite a good explanation. It's got some dramatic
oomph or bang unlike some of the more tenuous ideas. 

Eileen