How much does Snape know? was Wormtail's Name In the Confession (WAS: Spying Game...)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 40397

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:

> The clincher, for me, was the handshake--unwilling as it is, it was
an
> acknowledgement. Snape has accepted Dumbledore's ruling on this,
albeit
> unwillingly, and although he will doubtless be on the lookout for
any
> betrayals from Sirius' direction (the exact same thing can be said
of
> Sirius, about Snape, for Sirius now knows that Snape was a Death
Eater).
> Snape's action, if he did not believe Sirius innocent, would
probably have
> been to attack immediately, to defend Dumbledore or possibly Harry.
He does
> nothing of the sort, just stands there and hates him.

I agree, by that point Snape must've been filled in on the details. 
(I personally believe that Dumbledore must've filled him in shortly
after the end of PoA.)  After all, the forced handshake is the prelude
to Dumbledore including Sirius in all his secret anti-Voldemort
plans.  There's no way Snape would just stand there and go along with
it if he didn't believe that Sirius was loyal.  Too many lives,
including Snape's own, depend on Sirius not running straight to
Voldemort as soon as he's out of Dumbledore's sight.  Snape may still
think that Sirius is a reckless, arrogant bastard who got away with
attempted murder twenty years ago, but he no longer thinks Sirius is a
traitor.

Marina
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