PS/SS question

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 94505

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanar" <naama2486 at y...> 
wrote:
> I've been re-reading book 1 and was wondering - when Harry meets 
> Quirrel in the last chamber ("The Man with Two Faces" chapter)
> Quirrel tells Harry that Snape suspected him from the very 
beggining 
> and that he was already onto him when Harry eavesdropped on them 
in 
> the forest (haven't got the book with me so can't give an exact 
> quote).
> 
> What exactly was Snape suspecting Quirrel for? Did he know that 
> Quirrel was after the Stone, or did he suspect Quirrel wanted the 
> Stone to aid Lord Voldemort?
> 
> --Amanar.
> 
> 
> <<And then a giant cookie came running down the hill!>>

Meri here: 
I always thought Snape just suspected of Quirrel wanting to steal 
the stone, and didn't even know about LV's residence in the back of 
Quirrel's skull. However, a thought just occured to me. In GoF 
Snape's Dark Mark starts showing up again, even before LV's 
ressurection, because LV is getting stronger. Maybe the Dark Mark 
started burning stronger during SS (though, of course, we and Harry 
wouldn't even know what that is so we wouldn't have noticed any 
references thrown in by JKR even if she had put them in there). And 
then the prescence of said Dark Mark led Snape to suspect LV. So 
maybe it was a little of both. 
Meri - who is v. surprised that her brain can work like this so 
early in the a.m.