Dumbledore's Trust of Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 80583

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bohcoo" <sydenmill at m...> wrote:

> So, then, later Snape joins the Death Eaters but has a change of 
> heart and goes to Dumbledore to offer his spy services to the Order 
> of Phoenix. Having proven himself to be a man of his word to 
> Dumbledore in the past, under possibly the most gut-wrenchingly 
> tempting circumstances imaginable, Dumbledore continues to trust him.
> 
> I know I would.



The very nature of offering your services as a spy means that person 
is going to go around lying. It is why people never fully trust 
turncoats.  

My suspicion is that DD took a risk on a kid he knew.  Snape likely 
gave him ample reason to take that risk, but it was always going to 
be a risk. 

DD is the type of man to take a risk and give a person a second 
chance to prove himself.  I always suspected he gave him a job at 
Hogwarts to protect him and make leaving LV easier.  

But as a spy he could very well have turned out to be triple agent- 
no matter what he did what he was 16.  Afterall he let LV brand him - 
a sign of loyalty to Voldemort if I ever saw one.  Which means he 
either was lying at the time or violated his promise of loyalty at a 
later point. 

Such is the nature of being a spy.

Golly