Snape vs Quirrell

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 123206


> > Juli earlier:
> > > So, my question is if Snape faced Quirrell a few times 
> > > and told him to stop chasing the Stone, to decide in 
> > > whom is his loyalty, then why didn't Voldemort also 
> > > know about it? He was already sharing Quirrell's body
> > > and soul, so he must have known and heard all their
> > > conversations, right? So how come Voldemort does not
> > > know that Snape has changed sides? That he is actually
> > > working for the Order and Dumbledore? < <

Carol replied: 
...Snip...
> > At that point, Snape would have had to use all his Slytherin
> > cunning to convince either Malfoy or Voldemort or both that 
> > he was still loyal. As I said earlier, he could cover his 
> > graveyard absence by explaining that you can't apparate from
> > Hogwarts and cover the Quirrell incident, if it came up, by
> > saying that he'd had no idea that Voldemort was back, much
> > less inside Quirrell's head, and that he thought Quirrell was
> > trying to get the stone for himself. 

Arynn replies (in a different message, same thread):
> We never heard the whole conversation. Maybe Snape was making 
> it seem as though he was after the stone for himself. I'm sure
> Quirrell wouldn't have advertised the fact that he was "attached"
> to Voldie. And Voldie would think nothing of Snape being after the
> stone

Juli, answering to both Carol and Arynn:

You both seem to have similar points, if Quirrell believed that 
Snape was after the Stone himself, why would LV see any bad in 
that? It seems very Slytherin-like to me: Wealth and Inmortalily. 
So the whole loyalty conversation could be about loyalty to Snape, 
not DD.

Carol again:
> Remember that Dumbledore says to Snape, near the end of GoF, "If
> you are ready, if you are prepared" (quoting from memory). They 
> must have anticipated such a moment, and Snape must have prepared
> his stories, complete, possibly, with false memories for Voldemort
> to see.


Juli:
Wow, you have really good memory. Here's the quote anyway: 
"Severus," said Dumbledore, turning to Snape, "you know what I must 
ask you to do. If you are ready . . .if you are prepared ..."
"I am," said Snape.

I never considered the full meaning of "prepared"; Snape, of course, 
must have some sort of cover story for the Quirrell conversations, 
rumors about him changing sides, and absence in the graveyard. I
always thought that DD just mean "if you are willing", not is 
everything ready for your return to the DE... Interesting