Rows in the Forest - what might one reveal about the other.

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 139093

Valky:
> And lets piece together things we didn't
> know then with what we may or may not know now.
*(big snip)* 
> Any takers?

Ceridwen:
I'm afraid this might be post number four.  I lose track of time.  If 
it is, I will dutifully braid my toes.

I'm wondering, after reading down this thread a bit, if the argument 
Hagrid overhears and reports (who knows how faithfully he reported 
it?) is about Dumbledore hunting horcruxes (or, possibly, if Snape 
doesn't know exactly what he's doing, he does know Dumbledore is 
doing something dangerous), and Snape not wanting anything more to do 
with Dumbledore placing himself in danger?  Dumbledore replies 
something about investigating Snape's own house.  There's an old 
saying, 'See to your own house', meaning, don't worry about what I'm 
doing, take care of your own problems.  It may be worded a bit 
differently, but it could mean the same thing: for Snape to put his 
own affairs in order, do his job, and leave Dumbledore to do the same.

I do like the idea of an echo, though.  JKR likes to do that.  Could 
part of the echo be Hagrid hearing only part, and misinterpreting it, 
a la Harry in PS/SS?  If so, or if he accidentally misrepresents it 
due to his own misunderstanding, then we're getting a very skewed 
version of the event, and need to do even more sifting to get the 
true meaning of the scene.

I'll be interested to see what else other people have thought of.

Ceridwen.