Who Trusts Snape?!

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 66842

Apparently Dumbledore trusts Snape, but I am having a harder time of 
it.  Snape has been so nasty to Harry that I really don't want to 
trust him, but it's hard not to when Dumbledore does.  So I was 
thinking that if I were a wizard, maybe the only reason for me to 
trust a former death eater would be if he had a life debt to me.  

However, Wormtail's life debt to Harry certainly did not come in 
useful in the graveyard at the end of GoF.  I suppose the wizard who 
is indebted can be selective about when he is going to return the 
favor.  Is Wormtail just biding his time?  Hoping V will kill Harry & 
therefore relieve Wormtail of his life debt? 
  
DOES ANYONE THINK SNAPE OWES DUMBLEDORE A LIFE DEBT, THEREFORE THAT 
MAY BE WHY DUMBLEDORE TRUSTS HIM?  If that is the case, how can DD be 
sure that Snape won't turn out to be like Wormtail?  For that matter, 
how can we be sure that Wormtail will pay his life debt to Harry?  
Wormtail is entirely devoid of honor... I wonder what happens to a 
witch or wizard who does not pay back a life debt?  What are the 
implications?  Do they get "the curtain?"


Brooke