What if Snape does not have to maintain any cover?

[Jacqui]

No: HPFGUIDX 101502

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> Here is the question I want to ask Snape apologists. :o)
> 
> 
> Suppose, we will learn later in the books  that Snape never went 
back 
> to spying  since he started teaching at Hogwarts. Personally I 
always 
> thought that whatever mission Dumbledore gave him at the end of 
GoF 
> was not spying or at least not spying in its conventional sence. 
It 
> would be too simple.
> 
> Suppose it is a given that whatever Snape is doing for the Order 
is 
> of totally different nature, that he does not have to go back to 
> Voldie, EVER.
> 
> 
> Now, if every Death Eater kid knows already that Snape is a 
traitor 
> and Snape does not have to keep appearances, would you still feel 
> that what Snape does to Neville and Harry is justifiable?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Alla


IMHO, I dont but that, not one bit.  I believe that Snape does 
indeed go back to V, and because he is so good at occlumency he is 
able to fool V that he has never gone back to the other side.  In 
OOP 531 Snape is explaining this to Harry...
"The Dark Lord, for instance, almost always knows when somebody is 
lying to him.  Only those skilled at Occlumency are able to shut 
down those feelings and memories that contradict the lie, and so 
utter falsehoods in his presence without detection"
That right there IMO is a big clue that Snape is still going back to 
V as a faithful DE.
Jacqui
Who can finally stop looking to see if Trelawney actually did 
magic :P