The eavesdropper: DD plant

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Phil wrote: 
> My only problem with my theory is OoP Chapter 'Educational Decree 
> #24'page 323 UK edition, where Umbridge is questioning Snape on how 
> long he has taught at Hogwarts and he replies 'Fourteen years'.
> This reply contradicts the Lexicon, can 15 years be supported from
> other canon. Harry is 15+ in OoP.
> Could Snape be lying to Umbridge about his length of service?
> Why would he need to lie about this?

He doesn't lie about it. Would Snape have been teaching at Hogwarts 
before James and Lily died an Sirius went to Azkaban, Sirius would 
have known he was there, which he didn't. In PoA in the scene in the 
Shrieking Shack Lupin tells him and he is suprised.

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