Pensieve question...

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 76721

Karen asked:

> One more question... was Snape using Dumbledore's penseive or did 
> he have one of his own? 

Well, this is an interesting question.  Ch. 24 states: "Harry 
recognized it at once - it was Dumbledore's Pensieve."  But the fact 
that the Pensieve belonged to Dumbledore could have been an 
assumption on Harry's part, since Dumbledore is the only one Harry 
has ever seen with a Pensieve before.

It strikes me as strange that Dumbledore would loan out his Pensieve 
to another person, since the Pensieve holds a lot of important 
information (not the least of which is the exact wording of 
Trelawney's first genuine prediction).  Perhaps this is yet another 
indication of how strongly he trusts Snape?

~Phyllis