Pensieve question...

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 76753

I originally wrote:

> 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?

and bibphile responded:

> I'n not saying it's the same Pensieve.  But if it is, Dumbledore 
> could have just taken the memories out before he loaned it to Snape.

Me again:

Ah, good point.  I went back and re-read the passage when Dumbledore 
uses the Pensieve to re-enact Trelawney's prediction for Harry's 
benefit, and Dumbledore does extract this memory and place it in the 
Pensieve first.  So his thoughts aren't always in there, and he most 
definitely could have taken them out before he loaned it to Snape.  

This makes it much more believable that Snape borrowed the Pensieve 
from Dumbledore.  And it also lets me go back to my belief that Snape 
is Ever-so-Evil, which I was starting to doubt!

~Phyllis