Who's the third dead death eater? / 'One who's left me forever...'

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 106511

kandbmom wrote:
I actually think that Snape is there because he felt 
> the mark burn and went.  There is no account for Snape during that 
> period so we don't know if he is missing.  I believe that he was 
> there on his own and may or may not have chosen whom to side with. 
I think that Harry saw him but, did not know that it was him.  Most of 
> the DEs wore hoods and disguised themselves even within the group. 
 <snip>

Carol responds:
Two small points. 
1) You can't apparate from Hogwarts, and there's no way that Snape
would have had time to leave the tournament unseen by Dumbledore, grab
a Death Eater's mask and hood, run to Hogsmeade, apparate, attend the
meeting, apparate back, run to his office to discard the mask and
hood, and return to the tournament.
2) We *do* know his whereabouts. He saw Karkaroff flee the tournament
when Cedric and Harry touched the cup and disappeared, and he was with
Dumbledore to confront Crouch!Moody immediately after Harry returned.
He's right there on hand to serve as Dumbledore's righthand man, as
usual. And note his appearance in the Foe Glass along with Dumbledore
and McGonagall as an enemy of Crouch!Moody.

There's also Snape's remark to Karkaroff that he intends to remain at
Hogwarts whether Karkaroff flees or not--which of course is exactly
what Karkaroff does. As for Snape, the mark must have burned him, too,
but it seems certain that he remained where he was and suffered the
pain in silence.

I don't know the cause of the sudden movement, which seems to relate
to Lucius Malfoy rather than to Snape himself. Remember that Harry's
scar first pained him when Snape was looking at him, a red herring to
make us think that Snape rather than Quirrell!mort was the villain in
SS/PS. This strikes me as that same sort of false clue.

Carol