Snape's mission

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No: HPFGUIDX 105114

> Potioncat wrote:
> Sirius' remark about Snape being Malfoy's lapdog makes me think 
> there is some contact between Snape and Malfoy separate from 
> Hogwarts. 

Neri:
I've recently managed to convince myself that after the first war 
Snape gave the Ministry a false testimony that acquitted Malfoy (and 
most probably also Nott, Crabbe, Goyle, Avery and Macnair) of being 
DEs. This was probably done by DD's directions in order to regain 
their trust in Snape. Canon support for this is not only 
that "lapdog" accusation by Sirius. In the end of GoF, when Harry 
named Malfoy as a DE in front of Fudge, "Snape made a sudden 
movement, but as Harry looked at him, Snape's eyes flew back to 
Fudge". Several paragraphs later in this scene Snape makes the 
surprising gesture of showing his Dark Mark to Fudge (and with Molly, 
Bill and McGonagall present). Does Snape feel just a tiny bit guilty 
about Fudge refusing to believe Harry, because he is the one who 
originally convinced Fudge that Malfoy is innocent? 

Neri