An unknown member of the Order?

[Michele Childs]

No: HPFGUIDX 73835

  --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
  <wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
  > When Harry first arrived at GP, he was sent upstairs to be with 
  his friends while the OotP held their meeting downstairs.  I remember 
  > Molly said, "He's just arrived."  Are there any theories about who 
  > this "He" is?  I assumed it was Snape, especially as afterwards, 
  he was at the center of the crowd in the hall downstairs.  It implied 
  > he held a position of some importance in the group.  But afterwards, 
  I began to wonder.  Could there be another traitor in Voldemort's 
  > midst?  As so many people have pointed out, it's an open question 
  > just how effective a spy Snape could be - all those years working 
  > for Dumbledore, the testimony at Karkaroff's trial, when Dumbledore 
  > blew his cover (almost as if it didn't really matter anymore) - 
  it's hard to believe Voldemort could seriously trust him again.  But 
  > perhaps he's a decoy; the untrusted spy who attracts attention to 
  > himself in order to divert Voldemort from the presence of the REAL 
  > spy.  I'm wondering if "he" is the one who has Voldemort's trust, 
  > who is providing the REAL information to Dumbledore, while Snape 
  is the stalking horse.
  
  -Maritza:
  Molly specifically said- "He's just arrived, the meeting's 
  started..." I'm assuming the "He" she's referring to is Dumbledore 
  for the simple reason he's the leader of the group. I don't think 
  they would start the meeting just because the informer (if there is 
  one) had arrived. I could be wrong.

  We know most of the Order has been identified, because Ron and the 
  others told Harry they've "met about 20 of them." So obviously 
  there's more than one unknown.


Let us see who is in the Order in the first place, shall we?  We have 1-Dumbledore, 2-Moody, 3-Tonks, 4-Mundungus, 5-Snape 6-Molly Weasley, 7-Arthur Weasley 8-Lupin, 9-Sirius Black, 10-Hagrid, 11-Arabella Figg (a Squib).  Then who are we missing?  I must have missed one or two at least!  There must be several unknowns or are we just given an estimate?  

I certainly don't think Snape is the only one to blame for the entire thing.  There was certainly another someone involved.  What about the reference to the Hog's Head where there is an odd and old man that remains unnamed?  Or perhaps the man that needed a listening horn at St. Mungo's to hear what the nurse said (also delivered the Devil's Snare Plant to Bode in the hospital)?  Or what about the old man (again) that is listening from the bar at the Hog's Head in the initial meeting of the D.A.?  Are all of these people the same person and is that one of the spies that is working the "double agent" job?
  
"Michele Childs"