Unbreakable Vow (Snape and Dumbledore)/Re: How did Draco get the hand of glory?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 134535

zgirnius said:
 "This of course would mean there is a third person who knows about the 
UV (who would have had to play the same role as Bella played in Snape 
and Cissy's UV). My two best guesses for these hypothetical folks 
might be McGonagall or Hagrid. Both seemed especially confident in 
Dumbledore's judgement regarding Snape."

My best guess is it was James.  Snape knew, by that point, that LV was going after the Potters.  What better way to show DD that he truly meant his remorse than make James the Bonder.

Hagrid's confidence in DD's trust of Snape is his absolute adoration for DD.  DD, while he couldn't keep him from being expelled, kept him at the school, somehow kept him out of Azkaban initially (would they chuck a 13 yr-old in Azkaban for murder?), gave him a place to live, a family, a home....etc., etc.  In Hagrid's eyes, DD can do no wrong.

While I don't think McGonagall  is quite that infatuated with DD, he has obviously convinced her of his belief that Snape is trustworthy. DD had hinted to her of an "iron-clad reason for trusting Snape" and that "Dumbledore told me explicitly that Snape's repentance was absolutely genuine...wouldn't hear a word against him!" (HBP pg 574 Can Ed)

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rochesteruponmedway asked: 
"I'm very confused about this.  Draco wanted his father to buy him the 
hand of glory, but Lucius categorically refused.  Now, all of a sudden, 
not only does Draco possess this article but everyone (well, Ron 
anyway) seems to know he possesses it.  I have a vague memory of JKR 
saying in an interview something about Draco's hand of glory, and being 
surprised at the time, since I'm sure it isnt mentioned in any of the 
previous books that he had actually acquired it.  Is this a slip on 
Jo's part, or is it just my bad memory?"


I could swear Ron mentions it in COS, but I would probably have to read the whole book again to find it.  And you do realize, now, that I AM going to have to find it....

CathyD
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