Snape as spy

[raolin1 at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29548

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Hillman, Lee" <lee_hillman at u...> wrote:
> It's possible as well that Snape, in a move of tremendous foresight,
> presented his defection to Dumbledore's side to Voldemort before 
going over,
> in such a way as to make it appear to be a trick. Voldemort would 
have
> wanted a source of information as badly as Dumbledore did; he may 
have
> really enjoyed the irony of sending the old fool a "spy" who would 
really be
> an agent of evil. Voldy didn't need to know that Snape was really 
serious
> about defecting; only Dumbledore did. That way, when Dumbledore 
announced to
> the world that Severus was spying for the good side, none of the 
DE's would
> have been surprised--they'd have "known" that it was all with 
Voldemort's
> approval.



I find it odd, in this discussion, I've never once heard anyone bring 
up the words Voldemort spoke to the Death Eaters upon his 
ressurection: which I thought were pretty clearly pointed towards 
Karkaroff and Snape.  Paraphrasing here:

One lacked the courage to come back.  He will be punished 
[Karkaroff].  One, I suspect, has left me forever.  He will be killed 
of course. [Snape]  Am I alone in drawing these connections? 

Joshua Dyal