Snape (Was: How is Snape doing it)

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 89905

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen"
<belijako at o...>
> wrote:

<earlier stuff snipped>
> > 
> > Berit replies:
> > 
> > Well, Voldemort practically says Crouch Jr's name without
actually 
> > saying it:
> > Quote: "He is at Hogwarts, that faithful servant, and it was
through 
> > his efforts that our young friend arrived tonight."
> > 
> > I don't think there can be much doubt that "the faithful servant"
is 
> > none other than Crouch Jr. He was the one that made sure Harry's
name 
> > was put into the Goblet of Fire, he made sure Harry made it to
the 
> > end of the Triwizard Tournament, he was the one who turned the
Cup 
> > into a portkey...  <snip>

Carol responded:  
> The question now is, do the Death Eaters know what happened to the
> "faithful servant"? Do they even know who he was? (We do, and
there's
> no ambiguity in LV's words for us, but do they? Does even LV know
what
> happened to him?) Unless Snape, in his role as double agent, told
> Lucius Malfoy, I don't see how they *could* know. But one thing's
> certain. The "faithful servant" did not return.
> 
> Thoughts, anybody?

The following is predicated on Crouch being the faithful servant...

Is the Dark Mark a two-way connection? I think probably not, else
there would be no point in Karkaroff fleeing, and no possibility of
interesting conspiracy if LV knew where all the DEs were (also
Hermione's coins, based on the same charm, are changeable only by her,
not teh holders). That said, the mark might indicate if the bearer
died, not that that is any help here as Crouch is alive.

Voldemort can only know what if a)Snape told him, b)he read it in
Harry's mind - unlikely - c)someone else told him. That could either
be another double-agent in the Order, assuming Dumbledore told them
what happened, or Fudge who was actually there. I can easily see Fudge
telling Malfof "can you imagine, Dumbledore actually expected me to
beleive this shaggy-dog story about the return of You-Know-Who! The
man's going mad!" And Malfoy dutifully reports to the Dark Lord,
earning a few brownie points and possessing a useful bit of
information.

Catherine McK

"We alone were faithful! We alone tried to find him!" Four
conspirators plot in the firelight. One brother urges caution, the
other pursuit, and a boy is mad for his reward. Read 'The
Faithful' at http://www.thedarkarts.org/authors/nineveh/F.html