[HPforGrownups] Snape's grudge

[Rina Stewart]

No: HPFGUIDX 15154

Catherine wrote:

<<Following on from the whole Sirius/Snape saga, there is something 
which has always confused me.  If Snape was a DE, one would assume 
that he knew that Wormtail was the spy - afterall, Wormtail is a 
fellow DE.  Therefore one would also assume that Snape knew, albeit 
however deep down, that Sirius was innocent.  Do you think that this 
was somehow concealed from him, or did his hatred of Sirius give him 
a selective memory?>>

I think it's possible that none of the DEs, Snape included, knew about Peter. He was, after all, Voldemort's secret weapon. No one suspected him, and that worked to V's advantage. Besides, you never known when one of your own is doing what Peter did, so it's best to keep the big stuff very quiet, just in case. It's possible they knew only that there was a person from the other side giving them info, and Snape was as surprised as everyone else to hear it was Sirius. Well, not surprised exactly, since he probably wouldn't have put it past him, but he hadn't known that it was him. 

JMO, YMMV. 
Rina
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