Beautiful Line

[lorelei3dg]

No: HPFGUIDX 133467

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowena_grunnionffitch" 
<G3_Princess at M...> wrote:
>   Wasn't "I'm not worried, Harry. I'm with you." just about the
> most beautiful thing a mentor could ever say to a pupil?

I'm never going to be able to read through all the posts to bring 
myself up-to-date before I burst! With apologies for any repetition, 
I offer a few responses and a few thoughts of my own. 

Mira said on Tuesday:
I had no particular sympathy for Snape before the HBP, only a little 
pity for his circumstances. Now, ironically, I trust him completely.

Lorel:
I hadn't thought of it this way, but it's true for me as well. I now 
look back on the previous books with a completely different 
perspective, especially in terms of the relationship between Snape 
and Dumbledore, and actually grieve for Snape. If he could follow 
this terrible command of his savior? mentor? it shows incredible 
power, bravery, and moral courage. At least, I fervently hope this is 
the way it happened, and can't wait to see how it plays out in the 
end.

On a very tangentially related note, we haven't yet learned how Snape 
is able to "stopper death," but perhaps if Harry can bring himself to 
look at his potions book again, he may be able to use it to great 
advantage...


Rowena, did you notice the parallel lines at the beginning and end 
from Dumbledore to Harry? In Chapter 4 (page 58, US ed.), Dumbledore 
tells Harry that it is unlikely that anyone would try to attack Harry 
on the way to Slughorn's house because "You are with me," or under 
DD's protection. Then at the end of Chapter 26 (page 578), the line 
is (and their roles are) reversed as DD says, "I am not worried, 
Harry... I am with you." Wow.

Lorel
"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great 
adventure." (*sob*)