Snape's reporting methods (What DD says is more important.)

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No: HPFGUIDX 97646

 
"Dumbledore placed his long hands on either side of the Pensieve and 
swirled it, rather as a gold prospector would pan for fragments of 
gold.... and Harry saw his own face change smoothly into Snape's, 
who opened his mouth and spoke to the ceiling, his voice echoing 
slightly.
"It's coming back . . . Karkaroff's too . . . stronger and clearer  
than ever..."
"A connection I could have made without assistance," Dumbledore 
sighed, "but never mind." "

vmonte wrote :
> What I found interesting about this bit of info is what DD says, 
> not how Snape reports info.
> It's almost as if DD is saying, "Yeah, thanks for telling me the 
> obvious, Snape."  Maybe, Snape is giving DD useless information.

Del answers :
The way I see it, it's not Snape that DD accuses of giving useless 
information, it's *the Pensieve*. 

vmonte wrote :
> I also wonder why DD placed this insignificant memory in the 
> penseive to study.  If the information Snape was giving him was 
> useless, why place it in the penseive?  Is he studying the 
> information, or Snape?

Del replies :
That bit of information was *not at all* useless nor insignificant 
at the time it was given ! The fact that the Dark Mark had been 
growing stronger was a very important piece of information indeed !!

What *is* useless, though, is for the Pensieve to make the 
connection between Harry (who's just come back from the Graveyard 
and seen LV's rebirth) and that particular piece of information, 
NOW, when it's obvious that the Marks had been growing clearer 
because LV was back and getting stronger. That's indeed a connection 
DD could have made without assistance.

Del