[HPforGrownups] Re: Spouses

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No: HPFGUIDX 30695

In a message dated Mon, 3 Dec 2001  4:58:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Heather Moore" <heathernmoore at yahoo.com> writes:

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> 
>  Obviously the biggest speculation surrounds Severus Snape; this 
> might possibly have something to do with JKR's whimsical response to 
> the question of whether he had/would ever fall in love. (For those 
> who don't know, she replied, "I'm shocked that you'd ask that," and 
> implied that the answer would be forthcoming within the series.)
> 
> 
>  Hrm... I'm liking the idea that his leaving the Death Eaters was 
> over some woman he loved, although I vehemently reject the notion 
> that that woman was Lily.  Maybe he was married in his 20s?
> 
Maybe he left the Death Eaters for Arabella Figg, who was promptly snatched away to guard Harry Potter for ten years.  No wonder he hates the poor kid!

Diane in Philly