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[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34873

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> Canon, OK, I need some canon.  Dumbledore gives us a key line in 
the 
> Pensieve chapter that means that something happened between 
himself 
> and Snape that caused him to trust Snape's conversion.  When Harry 
> asks about this point-blank, Dumbledore says, "That, Harry, is a 
> matter between Professor Snape and myself."  If he had just 
followed 
> his gut or instinct, he wouldn't have said that.  He would have 
said 
> something like, "I just know."

Very true.  Dumbledore's response suggest that Snape took some 
specific action to earn Dumbledore's trust -- something fairly major 
and dramatic, presumably.  Maybe something to do with the 
aforementioned "great personal risk?"  Hmm... I think George would 
not take the word "ambush" amiss right about now.

Another thought -- the "that's between Snape and myself" answer 
seems to go against the notion that Snape's conversion had anything 
to do with the Potters.  Because if it did, then Harry would have a 
legitimate right to know about it, so Dumbledore wouldn't be able to 
honestly say that it wasn't any of Harry's business.  

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com