The "row" in the forest--what Snape doesn't want to do any more.

[lealess]

No: HPFGUIDX 136880

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at h...>
wrote:
> Dumbledore was not surprised that Snape told Draco that he had made an
> Unbreakable Vow to aid him in his mission, but I believe he would be
> flabbergasted to know that he had really done it.
> --SNIP--
> We reader now know from book 5
> and 6 that Dumbledore can be completely and disastrously wrong.
> 

lealess:

Yes, Dumbledore seems to be wrong, I would say quite often.  However,
how do you think he would feel about retaining someone he knows to be
a liar on staff?  What kind of example would that set for the students
(many of whom are reflexive liars, by the way)?  What do you think he
would feel about retaining a liar as a spy?

If Dumbledore believes Snape could lie to Draco about something like
an Unbreakable Vow, then (1) he must believe that Snape can lie to
him, which would tend to make him a less trusting of his spy at all,
or (2) he must be really stupid and believe that Snape could not also
lie to him.  There is a third, and better, option: Dumbledore knew
about the Unbreakable Vow, or at least part of it, and that is why he
was not surprised that Snape told Draco about it.

Dumbledore says over and over again that he trusts Snape.  Yes, he may
be too trusting, but I do not believe that he is that consistently stupid.

lealess