Snape as past/future spy

[annemehr <annemehr@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50244

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Atherton" <suzloua at h...> 
wrote:

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> When I first read GoF, I immediately assumed that "The one who is 
too cowardly to return" is 
>Karkaroff, who is a wuss and a KNOWN DE; that "The one who has left 
>me 
>forever" is Snape, who is ALSO a known DE and has indeed left V 
>forever (is it just me or are you wetting yourself wondering what 
>Snape did with his first chance?); and "My most faithful DE who has 
>already re-entered my service" is Barty Jr, who is again, a KNOWN DE. 

Yes, so did I, and I still think so.  What's really EATING at me 
though, is that there's no indication at all that any of it has 
registered with Harry (not that he was in any state to pay close 
attention) except, of course for Voldemort's next statement that the 
faithful servant is already at Hogwarts.  In Dumbledore's office, when 
he is retelling everything to him and Sirius, it only says that Harry 
told them "all he could remember of Voldemort's speech to the Death 
Eaters."  Nothing about whether he remembered this part, regardless if 
he made anything of it or not.  Then later, in the hospital wing, he 
begins to recite the names of DE's that Voldemort had called out.  
This would have been a perfect time to remember those particular 
three, especially as he notices Snape make a sudden movement at the 
same time.  I have to conclude that Harry did not connect the "DE who 
has left me forever" with Snape at all, but I sure wish I knew that he 
had at least repeated the line to Dumbledore who would have understood 
it!  I want to see how Snape would take it if Harry warned him about 
Voldemort's intentions.  It reminds me of how Harry heard Bertha 
Jorkins name come up all year but it was never enough to jog that 
memory of the lost part of his first dream.  Arghhh!

Annemehr
letting of steam, and wondering how it would be if HPfGU members wore 
a HPfGU badge or something to the bookstores at 12:01, June 21, if 
they're going...