Crabbe as potential job applicant (or Snape's attitude)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117311


Kelsey wrote:
<snip>
> In GOF, we learn that Snape was a Death Eater and was publicly
revealed to be a spy for Dumbledore (come on, Voldie and his spies
just can't be that oblivious). And, in the cemetery scene, Voldie
says, "One [missing Death Eater], who I believe has left me
forever...he will be killed, of course..." I assumed he was referring
to Snape who he knows betrayed him, who has refused to come that
night. I really can't imagine that he's referring to Karkaroff (more
likely "the coward"). <snip>

Carol responds:
I don't think Snape was ever publicly revealed as a Death Eater. There
was only the original hearing with Crouch Sr., Dumbledore, and perhaps
Alastor Moody and a few others present, and the later mention of Snape
at the Karkaroff hearing, attended by some 200 high-ranking wizards.
(There was evidently no publicity--no reporters as at Ludo Bagman's
hearing--and Snape's name, unlike those of the DEs found innocent by
reason of Imperio, was not in the papers.) There was a thread on this
topic not too long ago, starting around post 115622
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/115622
in which we discussed reasons why the revelation Dumbledore mad at
Karkaroff's hearing seems not to have leaked out to the wizarding
public. It appears that Snape's role as spy was too valuable to be
compromised--and in fact, his life would be in great danger if it were
revealed that he was "no more a Death Eater than [Dumbledore]--so
perhaps he's some sort of protected witness. (The DEs, however, would
think that he had either not been captured or had gotten off in some
clever, Slytherinish way.)

Similarly, he could simply have explained to Lucius Malfoy, or even to
Voldemort himself (using Occlumency) that he couldn't be in the
graveyard because you can't apparate from Hogwarts. Anyway, this
particular incident has been discussed time and again if you want to
search the archives--not much fun with Yahoomort, I'm sorry to say.

I do agree that Snape is the one Voldemort believes has left him
forever and that Voldemort intended to have him killed. But since
Voldemort didn't name him, none of the DEs except those who knew where
Snape used to stand in the circle would necessarily know who was being
referred to. And if Snape convinced Lucius of the apparation excuse,
Lucius could convince any other DEs who doubted Snape's loyalty.

I also agree that Snape is in ever-increasing danger even though his
Occlumency and Slytherin cunning (and the magical protections
surrounding Hogwarts) have saved him so far. But we do at least know
that he'll survive to Book 7, so we don't need to worry about him
quite yet. Besides, at the moment Voldemort has other concerns, mainly
arranging a second prison break from Azkaban.

Carol, who hopes we'll find out what Snape is doing for the Order in
Book 6