OoP, Snape, Mission

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 65525

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ken and Faith Wallace 
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> I don't know.  I keep coming back to book one - Quirrell had to 
know that
> Snape was working for the side of the good - Dumbledore 
specifically - in
> trying to stop him from getting the stone or thwart efforts to 
protect the
> stone.  In that case, wouldn't LV also know this??  That has been 
bothering
> me since the very beginning.

   All this was quite true *but* how was Severus to know his old boss 
was behind Quirrell's behavior? Certainly Q didn't tell him. And if 
Snape doesn't *know* the Dark Lord wants the Stone why shouldn't he 
try to curry favor with Dumbledore by doing his best to protect it 
from that little upstart Quirrel? (This of course would be how Snape 
would explain his behavior to LV).

  Also, I'd love to know who LV was talking
> about in book four at the circle of death eaters when he said 
someone had
> left them forever...  Thoughts?

   My personal feeling is he's talking about Snape at that point but 
Severus, perhaps with Lucius Malfoy's help, managed to convince LV 
he'd remained true to him in his heart. The marked favor Snape as a 
teacher has shown to Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and other DE offspring 
could be cited as suppporting evidence. In fact it is quite possible 
that Snape's favoritism is necessary cover and winked at by 
Dumbledore for that reason.