Dumbledore's Trust in Snape - spoilers added

[jkillam1972]

No: HPFGUIDX 68081

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "GKJPO" <kristen at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "magicgrizzlybear" 
> <magicgrizzlybear at y...> wrote:
> > It seems strange that Dumbledore has some sort of blind trust in 
> > Snape
Dumbledore seems to place his trust in many people whom it seems 
that other character do not trust at all. The reason I think is tied 
to the fact that he is a master of Legilimency which Snape himself 
describes as "...almost always knows when somebody is lying to 
him."(OOP pg531) I believe this give an insight into the trust that 
Dumbledore gives to others. It explains why he knows Hagrid is 
telling the truth in CoS, why he believes Harry about LV's return in 
GoF, and why he trusts that Snape is true to the Order of the 
Phoenix. Remember that Dumbledore is considered the greatest wizard 
of the age, it stands to reason that he would be able to sense if he 
was being lied to by all but those who are very highly skilled in 
Occlumency. Snape wanting to assure Dumbledore that he was telling 
the truth about his allegiance would only need to let DD read his 
emotion to allow the truth to be known.

This is my first post so I hope that this insight has been helpful.

Thanks,
jkillam1972