Snape the spy

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Hello to all at HP fo rGrownups,

I just joined a few days ago and here I am venturing my first post.

I read a few fanfics in which Snape not only had spied for Dumbledore 
but is still spying (up until Voldemort's defeat or other 
circumstances where Snape's secret has to be exposed).  I began to 
wonder at the plausibility of it because I think there are a few 
clues that Voldemort might have picked up on that Snape was loyal to 
Dumbledore and not himself.

One clue occurs in the Philosopher's Stone.  Wouldn't Voldemort have 
suspected that Snape may have been loyal to the other side when Snape 
was constantly going out of his way to stop Quirrel from getting the 
stone?  I'm sure it wouldn't have been difficult to notice from the 
back of Quirrel's head.  And even if he hadn't always hidden in 
Quirrel's turban, Quirrel would have at least had to explain why he 
hadn't gotten the stone yet.

Another clue would be that Snape did not attend the Death Eater 
meeting in GoF when Voldemort returned and broke his followers out of 
Azkaban.  Missing such an important meeting, I imagine, would be a 
huge offence and something that Voldemort noticed and should probably 
be suspicious about.

In any case any suspicion on Voldemort's part should have made it 
impossible for Snape to continue to spy for the Order.  I think the 
spying would have ended with Voldemort's first fall.  If Snape did 
any spying after that it would probably only be on the Death Eaters 
who didn't get tossed in Azkaban and who still believed he was one of 
them.

So now I'm wondering what you all think about Snape's spying career.  
Speak out =)

Anna