Snape's mission accomplished,

[pigwidgeon37 at yahoo.it]

No: HPFGUIDX 21371

Having searched the archive, I think that this hasn't yet been 
brought up:
After the scene in the hospital wing at theend of GoF,Dumbledore 
sends both Sirius and Snape away on ther respective missions. Between 
this and the end of term feast there is, as in every book, one entire 
week, during which Harry slowly recovers from his shock.
IMHO, Snape has accomplished his mission, at least the first part of 
it, during that week. This seems quite logical, given that returning 
to Voldemort was already very risky, but would have been even more 
so, had he waited for a whole week before going there. He'll have had 
one hell of a job to convince V. he's still on his side (his reason 
for not Apparating immediately when he felt the mark burning on his 
arm, would certainly have been that leaving Hogwarts at that moment 
would have destroyed his cover identity), but how could he excuse an 
absence of a whole week?
The thing I'm asking myself (and, of course, all of you) is: What as 
happened during that week? Has he been with V. all the time, his 
absence being excused, with those who don't know, by Dumbledore? Has 
he been tortured? On p.625 GoF, before the feast starts, it 
says: "His eyes lingered on Hary for a moment as Harry looked at him. 
His expression was difficult to read. He looked as sour and 
unpleasant as ever. Harry continued to watch him, long after Snape 
had looked away."
IMHO, at this point it dawns on Harry tha Snape has probably gone 
through some very unpleasant experiences during the last week.This 
might be a turning point in the relationship Harry-Snape: Snape'e 
expression when he looks at Harry is not the usual hate, because he 
has heard from V. himself what happened in the night of his re-birth.
I think we might see Harry and Snape getting n together much better 
in book 5, because now they will be on a basis of mutual respect.

Please, plese, tell me what you think about all this!!

susanna, who is becoming more and more snape-ist