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No: HPFGUIDX 92095

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> and the fansites getting the "one who won't return" correct--IMO 
> has to be Snape (as perceived by LV at the time of the graveyard 
> scene) and the coward has to be Karkaroff.
> 

Susan:
Not necessarily, I don't think, Carol.  Why couldn't Snape be the 
coward who would be punished?  This could explain why there hasn't 
been a rift between Snape & the Malfoys.  If Lucius believed Snape 
was the betrayer who'd left forever, he'd sever ties with Snape, 
wouldn't he?  If, however, Lucius believed Snape was the coward 
who'd be dealt with, this could still fit.  Sevvie goes back to 
Voldy [he goes SOMEWHERE at the end of GoF], takes his punishment, 
and continues on pretending to be a DE while spying for DD.  The one 
who's left Voldy forever could then easily be Karkaroff or Bagman, 
if in fact Bagman is a DE.

Siriusly Snapey Susan