OoP: Snape's Lessons

[rane_ab]

No: HPFGUIDX 63498

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "buildonmacanri" 
<harrypotterlist1987 at h...> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I've missed something but from my reading of it 
> Dumbledore said that the reason he didn't teach Harry Occlumency 
> himself was to hide his relationship with Harry from Voldemort.  
> Seeing as Snape is supposed to be spying on Voldemort and the Death 
> Eaters, would it not be stupid for him to teach Harry occlumency 
> because if Voldemort could see what was going on through Harry, 
> Snape's cover would be broken.


It occurs to me that whether Snape's back in the Inner Circle or just 
getting information from Malfoy, both Malfoy and Voldemort know he's 
a teacher at Hogwarts - and must thus conform to anything D-dore 
tells him to do. 
I thought of that when we have Sirius saying:
"Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted 
his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" (p. 460, UK version)
No matter how Sirius feels about Snape, he's got a point.
They (Malfoy and Voldemort) know. So it wouldn't be all that odd for 
Snape to teach Occlumency to Harry, if that's what Dumbledore ordered 
him to do. Maybe, in Voldemort's circle, Snape's considered as a bit 
of a double spy? 
Of course, Snape does try to hide the fact that Harry is taking 
Occlumency lessons from Draco. 
Now I'm confused.

Cheerful greetings,
Rane.