[HPforGrownups] Re: The Spying Game and the Shrieking Shack (VERY LONG)

[girl from mars]

No: HPFGUIDX 39706

A very persuasive theory you have, pip.  I read it all the way through,
but now, I believe I have found a conundrum, and am befuddled.  If, as
you brought evidence of repeatedly, Snape does not want the kids to know
about Pettigrew==Scabbers, how does he or Dumbledore expect Harry to 
meaningfully put Pettigrew in his life-debt?  If it were not for the
unfortuanate accident, and Snape simply pretended to be knocked-out, 
wouldn't the kids still find out about Scabbers?  Did I miss something
crucial, or forget it overnight?  I thought the primary thesis was that
the course of events was destined to lead to Harry saving Peter's life.

Is Snape attempting to protect Peter while still in the SS, so that 
Sirius and Lupin don't kill him?  Doesn't he trust Harry to save his 
life in that circumstance as well?

-- 
marilyn