Both Spies...

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 109401

CMW:
> "If Peter were waltzing up to VM with Order info, wouldn't Snape,
> as a
> trusted DE..." snip
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> Mary:
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> Also, and I may just be forgetting something, but he didn't really
have any very big important information until the Secret Keeper
position became his. And for Snape to have done anything about it, if
he knew, it would have had to been to go right to the Potters home,
since I have always been under the impression that once the Potters
were in hiding, the attack was practically instantaeous.  If I forgot
something an important detail somewhere that would put my foot in my
mouth, forgive me.


Carol responds:
Or right to Dumbledore, to tell him what happened. But I think Snape
was already teaching at Hogwarts, hired at the beginning of the term,
when the Potters were murdered on October 31. He might, however, have
sensed a change (or changes) in the Dark Mark that alerted him that
something was terribly amiss and alerted Dumbledore that way. One way
or another, I think he's connected with telling Dumbledore the news
and that's why Dumbledore trusts him. But I don't think Snape knew
that Peter was a spy, much less the Secret Keeper. It's pretty clear
throughout PoA that he thinks Sirius is a murderer--and that he's
saving HRH from both a murderer and a werewolf in the Shrieking Shack.

Carol