[HPforGrownups] Re: The Dark Mark, Karkaroff and Snape

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 5758

Ellimist15 at aol.com wrote:

> It's understandable that the Death Eaters wouldn't be able to identify each
> other by sight when gathered before Voldemort because of their masks.
> However, Harry immediately recognizes the voice of one of the Death Eaters as
> the voice of Lucius Malfoy, and Voldemort calls Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Avery,
> and Nott by name! It doesn't seem that he was that secret about the
> identities of his servants!
>

True--but keep in mind that these are the Deatheaters who answered the call and
so Voldemort is pretty sure that they're loyal to him.  And he has every
intention of killing Harry and so doesn't consider the possibiliyt that Harry
will be reporting his speech to anyone else, and so there's little reason for him
not to speak the names aloud at this point.

> We were meant to assume that Snape was once in this circle of Death Eaters
> because of Voldemort's comment on the servant that had left him forever <snip>

but couldn't that reference instead be Karkaroff, and it's Snape that Voldemort's
referring to when he speaks of one who is "too cowardly to return"?  Which one
does Voldemort by each of these references?  I'm not quite sure which is which.


>  Please excuse my butchery of the English language!

Not at all.  You do very well.

Peg