What Did Snape Do In GoF?

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Hi all, sorry to have been gone so long...

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rita F <ritadarling at i...> wrote:
> rosewisegood wrote:
> 
> 
> I think that Dumbledore sent Snape off to Voldemort immediately, 
that's where he went.  And he groveled and explained why he couldn't 
get there when the mark burned.
> 

I don't think so at all. Too obvious. It must be known amongst the 
DEs that Snape was a spy. I think it is more likely that DD sent 
Snape off to recruit *other* spies. I think Snape knows who amongst 
the 'fringe' DEs (not those at the cemetary, whom I consider 
the 'inner circle', but the second string, as it were) would be 
willing to go turncoat and spy on LV and company. I think Snape is 
the perfect candidate to recruit and run other spies. He has the 
experience to tell them "Look, DD & co. saved me from a ruinous run 
with the DEs. Help us in our battle, and you'll be saved too." Very 
fitting and apt.

A Barkeep in Diagon Alley