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

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 106832

> 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.

Potioncat:
I'm not so much disagreeing as I'm posing other options.  He 
wouldn't have to go to Hogsmeade.  He would just have to get outside 
the walls of Hogwarts.  And he wouldn't have to do this unseen by 
DD, because if he did go, he went with DD's knowledge. And as he and 
DD were expecting something, he could have his party clothes ready 
at a site off the grounds.  In fact, if he and DD were planning on 
this, DD could have set up a site for Snape to use to apparate.  But 
it's your next comment that really interests me.

Carol: 
> 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.

Potioncat:
I'm sure you are right, but I had looked (quite a while back) and 
did not see any reference to Snape at all before Harry returned.  
Where does it say Snape saw Karkaroff flee (I thought it was Crouch!
Moody who saw him flee.)

We have no idea (well, no canon) for what happened at the Graveyard 
after Harry escaped.  If Snape was there, and if LV dismissed him at 
once, he might have gotten back to DD fairly quickly.  I don't think 
we see Snape until DD, Snape and McGonagall break in on Crouch!Moody.

Oddly enough, I do think Snape was the "one who has left me 
forever."  But I'm still looking at canon options.  I snipped a part 
of your post where you quote Snape telling Karkaroff that he planned 
to stay with DD.  And that is probably the most important clue.

Potioncat: once again arguing with herself.