Dumbledore's flawed plan

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 135984

Eggplant Said
>But it's clear that Dumbledore did not know about that Unbreakable vow: 

>Draco said " He [Snape] hasn't been doing your orders, he promised my
>mother_"
>Dumbledore replied "Of course that is what he would tell you Draco, but_"

>But we readers of Chapter 2 know Draco was right and Dumbledore was
>wrong. Not only did Snape promise to aid Draco in his task of
>smuggling Death Eaters into Hogwarts he even made an unbreakable vow. 

>Even without that dialogue we could have guessed Dumbledore did not
>know, to trust somebody who you knew had made a vow like that would be
.insane.

CathyD now:
Funny, when I read that I was (and still am) totally convinced Dumbledore did know of the Vow.  He could hardly tell Draco, could he, and have Draco go running back to Voldemort and tell him that Snape and DD are in cahoots together?  Dumbledore knew Snape made the Vow, because he is totally aware that to live inside the DE world, as Snape is at the moment, those things are going to arise. In GoF he asked Snape if he was prepared...if he was ready to *re-enter* Voldemort's service.  In the Pensive scene we know Snape is spying at 'great personal risk' to himself.  Dumbledore and Snape know what may be required of him.  Snape was going to have to do as he saw fit to ensure his cover was not blown - and report to Dumbledore to keep him always in the loop.  Dumbledore needs Snape as a spy among the DEs/close to LV for the duration of this war.  He can't afford to lose him through a lose word to Draco.

I know this is five today...but if you knew how many I wanted to reply to and didn't, you'd give me some credit. ;)

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