(Anonymous)
Just one more thing to add - When Sirius tells Peter (in PoA) the other Azkaban inmates were mumbling about the double-crosser and what they would do to him, I believe he was mistaken in his belief that it was Peter they were talking about.
Sirius never says they called this double-crosser by the name of Peter. And just WHY would all of them KNOW of Peter - it clashes with what Karkaroff said about how Voldy limited who knew who and Karkaroff was highly motivated to name as many names as he could and still came up with so few. No, I think they meant Snape as the 'double-crosser'. We can certainly see just how little Bella trusted him just a few months later in SpinnersEnd. Why should she so distrust him then if she hasdn't before her escape? Just because of the DoM raid?
And she specifically wanted to know where Snape was on Halloween'81. I think Voldy said something about how he would ensure his victory that night - thanks to his 'spy' - and Bella assumes he means his spy Snape.
She seems to have no 'particular' dislike of Peter at SpinnersEnd. It seems quite unlikely to me that if HE's the one she and the others were complaining about, that she would be quite so calm about his presence. She had no qualms about letting Snape know her dislike, despite his supposed acceptance by Voldy. Yet she doesn't express the same qualms about Peter who she would have seen as leading Voldy into some trap? I don't believe she ever knew anything about Peter. -- Hwyla
Sirius never says they called this double-crosser by the name of Peter. And just WHY would all of them KNOW of Peter - it clashes with what Karkaroff said about how Voldy limited who knew who and Karkaroff was highly motivated to name as many names as he could and still came up with so few. No, I think they meant Snape as the 'double-crosser'. We can certainly see just how little Bella trusted him just a few months later in SpinnersEnd. Why should she so distrust him then if she hasdn't before her escape? Just because of the DoM raid?
And she specifically wanted to know where Snape was on Halloween'81. I think Voldy said something about how he would ensure his victory that night - thanks to his 'spy' - and Bella assumes he means his spy Snape.
She seems to have no 'particular' dislike of Peter at SpinnersEnd. It seems quite unlikely to me that if HE's the one she and the others were complaining about, that she would be quite so calm about his presence. She had no qualms about letting Snape know her dislike, despite his supposed acceptance by Voldy. Yet she doesn't express the same qualms about Peter who she would have seen as leading Voldy into some trap? I don't believe she ever knew anything about Peter. -- Hwyla