No: HPFGUIDX 135916 anujaasathe: > 3.or because he always intended to get the memory from Slughorn and > so needed him at Hogwarts? I think we have a winner. Dumbledore *needed* that memory. I think he moved Snape to the DADA position despite his own reservations in order to be able to confront a reluctant Slughorn with Lily Evans' son. Amiable Dorsai