Voldemort must know about Snape

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 73853

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote: 
> ghinghapuss <rredordead at a...> wrote:
> > Deb S, aka readzalot, Canada
> I believe Voldmort has to know about Snape and it choosing to keep
that information to himself for the present...in the end of GoF (Death
Eaters chapter) Voldmort looks at the empty spaces in his circle and
says: "And here we have six missing Death Eaters...Three dead in my
service.  One, too cowardly to return...He will pay. One who I believe
has left me forever...he will be killed, of course...and one, who
remains my most faithful servent, and who has already reentered 
> my service." The first, the coward, is Karkaroff. The second, the
traitor, is Snape The third, the loyalist, is Barty Crouch Jr.
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> I think you're dead-on there. It's been discussed at length, but it
seems JKR was very clear on this linkage given the character
development to that point. Makes you wonder how Snape could be an
infiltrator where he had browbeat Quirrelmort. He and DD have to know
that Voldy knows . . . this is the big springboard for the next
speculation - what is Snape doing behind the scenes?
> 
> owlery2003

Now Cindy:

We have a few of clues: 1. The first big meeting that we see the Order
having is when Snape arrives, they are all waiting for him and he is
the central figure. After he leaves, Harry walks in on two of the
Weasley's examining a dozen parchments, and Harry also notices that
one of the parchments looks like 'the plans to a house'. Could this be
LV's hidie-hole that Snape is making plans to? I think it is.
2. Snape admits to Harry that it is  his job to spy on the DE's, after
 the apprehensive look on Dumbledore's face at the end of GOF, and the
fact that Snape was a spy during the first war, I think he definately is.
3. When Snape comes to tell Harry that he will be teaching him
Occlumency - he isn't wearing his normal cloak, he is wearing a travel
cloak (with a pocket - just adding details now), so that must meen
that he is doing a lot of travelling around. Where? I have no idea,
but it is intruiging. 

The only thing that I can't figure out is why how can he be friends
with Malfoy (which he is) if LV knows about him. Either LV hasn't told
Malfoy about Snape, or, Snape and Malfoy are in on something together,
that has nothing to do with LV. 

-Cindy