LV will never trust Snape again

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No: HPFGUIDX 35222

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "tex23236" <jbryson at r...> wrote:

> 
> OTOH, if Snape didn't know what Quirrel had in the back of his 
> mind, he might claim (to V) that he didn't trust Quirrel enough 
> to reveal himself to Quirrel as a DE, because he couldn't be sure 
> Q was not himself a double agent working for Ddore.

Also, keep in mind that Quirrell was NOT a DE in the bad old days.  
In the graveyard scene of GoF, LV tells the the DE's, "Then...four 
years ago...the means for my return seemed assured.  A wizard--young, 
foolish, and gullible--wandered across my path in the forest I had 
made my home.  Oh, he seemed the very chance I had been dreaming 
of...for he was a teacher at Dumbledore's school..."  So, Quirrell 
was a very recent convert to the cause-- he joined after the last DE 
company picnic.

So, unless Quirrell said to Snape, "Look, I'm not stealing the stone 
for myself, I'm stealing it for our beloved Dark Lord.  Let me just 
take off my turban and show you," Snape could resonably claim that he 
thought Quirrell was trying to steal it for himself.  Says Snape to 
Voldemort, "I'm so sorry I ruined your plan, my Lord, but if I had 
only known..."

Similarly, he can make a similar excuse for saving Harry's life on 
the cursed broomstick.  "I thought you might prefer to kill him 
yourself, my Lord, so I couldn't let that loser, Quirrell, kill him 
before you had the chance."