Dark Mark as evidence of being a Death Eater

[clio44a]

No: HPFGUIDX 32025

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Chip Olson <ceo at s...> wrote:
> 
> Something just occurred to me about the Dark Mark: Snape states in 
GoF
> that it is burned onto every DE's arm by Voldemort, as a way of
> identifying each other. This seems to be news to Fudge, but it's
> definitely known to Moody in the staircase scene, where he makes the
> remark about "stains that never come off", or some such.

You have to keep in mind that it is really Barty Crouch jr., who 
makes the remark, not Moody. And Crouch being a DE he of course knows 
about Snape's Mark.(my favorite scene in GoF btw, depending on your 
level of background knowledge you always see new aspects in that 
pyjama-party-on-the-stairs scene)

Re Fudge's knowledege of the Marks, I doubt he didn't know about it. 
It seems that he is merely surprised about Snape shoving it into his 
face.

Clio