[HPforGrownups] Snape as Borgin

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 113899

Gregory Lynn said:

>I was listening to Chamber of Secrets last night, and I think Mr
>Borgin may be Professor Snape in disguise.

*snips intriguing theory*

Mind you, I don't believe it.  But I do think it's intriguing, and while 
we're playing with it, here's another piece of information to add to it.  
Hagrid was in Knockturn Alley at the same time as the Malfoys; he encounters 
Harry there.  When asked, he gives a somewhat unsatisfactory excuse.  It's 
always been my theory that he was on some errand for Dumbledore -- 
Dumbledore has sent Hagrid on high-profile missions before, such as bringing 
Harry from Godric's Hollow or bringing the Sorcerer's Stone from Gringott's 
to Hogwarts.  Hagrid really does "hide in plain sight," because the worst of 
the Bad Guys, such as Voldemort, Malfoy, or Umbridge, don't take him 
seriously.  So if Borgin really were Snape, then Hagrid might have been 
there to give or receive a message to him to or from Dumbledore.  I don't 
think Hagrid would know that Snape and Borgin were the same person -- fond 
though I am of Hagrid, everyone knows he can't keep a secret very well.

By the way, after hearing the Malfoys' conversation, Harry knows that they 
have a secret chamber under their floor.  Did he pass this on to anyone?  If 
nothing else, a search of that place would probably reveal even more reasons 
to keep Lucius Malfoy in Azkaban for the rest of his life.


Janet Anderson

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