Question..

[Amanda]

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This is my first post as a member of this group, and I am thrilled to 
have found it.  I am 29 years old, from Texas, and am extatic to have 
found a Harry Potter group for adults who want to share their ideas, 
questions and/or theories.  That being said, I am on my second read 
of HBP, and have stumbled across something that puzzles me.  I hope 
that this hasn't been posted previously (I have read through alot of 
the messages, but not all).  Here goes:

I, like many, am on the fence regarding whose side Snape is tuly on.  
This passage made me re-think the "Snape is loyal to DD" side of the 
fence:

"You ask where I was when the Dark Lord fell.  I was where he had 
ordered me to be, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 
because he wished me to spy on Albus Dumbledore. You know, I presume, 
that is was on the Dark Lord's orders that I took up the post?" Snape 
speaking to Bellatrix on pg 26, American version

Maybe someone can refer me to the answer to my question, as I am sure 
that I am incorrect in my initial thoughts when reading this.  I was 
under the impression that Snape only went to DD after he realized 
that VD had fallen when attacking the Potters and thought there would 
be no one to spare him from Azkaban.  If he in fact had already 
approached DD to work at Hogwarts on VD's orders (prior to his 
assumed 'death') then why did he have to convince DD that he felt 
remorse for ever being a death eater?  If he in fact was already 
teaching at Hogwart's at the time of VD's 'death', would he not just 
continue to work there as though he had been on the right side the 
entire time?  From previous books, I thought that Snape had not 
approached DD for protection and redemption until AFTER VD's fall 
from power.. have I misinterpretted?

Thanks!
Amandasg28