Spinners End and Dumbledore

[Matt]

No: HPFGUIDX 138407

--- "KathyO" <ladypensieve at y...> wrote:

>> What if Dumbledore had taken Snape's place for some 
>> reason, and ended up taking an Unbreakable Vow to kill 
>> himself...then you would see results immediately...and 
>> the end result could be a blackened wand hand.

--- "Ellen" <ellendvlmaas at y...> wrote:

> What struck me about your observation is that we keep 
> hearing Dumbledore saying he "trusts Severus completely" 
> and offers no explanation. What if the explanation is 
> that Severus had made an UV with Dumbledore to be in D's 
> service and offer his protection to D?
> 
> Then, when Snape makes an UV in Chapter 2 ... I wonder if 
> D's whithered hand is evidence that an UV CAN be broken 
> -- or rather destroyed -- if the vow maker makes an 
> opposite vow with another person, in this case Narcissa?

I'm not sure these theories hold up, because both would require that
Dumbledore's injured hand occurs at the time of or after the
Unbreakable Vow at Spinner's End.  But Snape appears to be referring
to that injury earlier in the Spinner's end scene, when he tells the
sisters "I am pleased to say, however, that Dumbledore is growing old.
 The duel with the Dark Lord last month shook him. He has since
sustained a serious injury because his reactions are slower than they
once were."

-- Matt