Another chronology for... Re: "I'm not proud of it"

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No: HPFGUIDX 107022

Nora wrote: 
>snipping a very good section>

 So at this point we have a Snape who is expecting DD to go along 
with 
> him, and who is not happy to hear that DD is having his doubts; 
the 
> much discussed 'My memory is as good as ever...' quote comes here, 
> with a number of possible meanings: I gave YOU a second chance is 
> one, another is DD stating obliquely that whatever happened back 
then 
> wasn't actually attempted murder and Snape knows it--damnifiknow.
> 
> THIS is where Snape starts to go behind DD's back to do something 
he 
> knows his boss wouldn't approve of, and tries to get Black taken 
care 
> of before DD can 'cause problems'.  This is the explanation for 
the 
> quote in the hallway with Fudge--I don't have it in front of me, 
so 
> anyone who responds can plug it in, please.  The escape happens, 
> Snape is furious, and DD lets him fume because he knows that Snape 
> was up to something wrong; it's worked out later, given the end of 
> GoF and the reaction there.
> 


Potioncat:
This was the section that when I re-read it yesterday, began to 
bother me.  Snape is going behind DD's back.  DD's right hand man? 
(As some of us have thought) I would like to think he was just 
keeping Fudge busy, but it really doesn't look that way.  

Now, perhaps DD never thought Black was guilty.  Perhaps he did, but 
he doesn't now.  And certainly he doesn't have time to speak to 
Snape about it. I just answered my next question: Why isn't DD more 
supportive of Snape?  Snape afterall, once again is made to look 
like a fool. How much longer will Snape want DD's trust?
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