Snape Question

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 104397

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, and if it has, perhaps someone can point me to the messages on the discussion.

In GoF, Chap 30, "The Pensieve" DD says "Severus Snape was indeed a Death Eater.  However, he rejoined (emphasis mine) our side before Lord Voldemort's downfall and turned spy for us, at great personal risk.  He is now no more a Death Eater than I am."

My dictionary says rejoined means 'to join again.'

Does this mean that Snape was a member of the Order, left (for some reason) to be a Death Eater, then returned (for some reason) to the Order and turned spy?  He is an accomplished Occlumens, could he have possibly become a Death Eater only to be a spy for the Order?

Just a curiosity as I came across it in reading this morning.

Cathy 

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