The answer to the riddle -- whosawit?

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 129770

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> 
wrote:
> >Tiger:
> > US Pb PoA (p361): "Like father, like son, Potter! . . . You'd 
have 
> > died like your father, too arrogant to believe you might be 
mistaken 
> > in Black -- now get out of the way, or I will make you. . . ." -
Snape
> > 
> Valky:
> You know I absolutely agree with you Tiger, I have always thought 
that
> this is the strongest evidence to the theory that Snape was at 
Godrics
> Hollow. 

Sorry if I stepped on your valkyrian toes, Valky! I had read the 
original post and am rereading PoA when I came across the quote. It 
does seem, however, because we arrived at this independently, this 
theory does hold some H2O. 

Having read some of the other posts on this topic, it still seems to 
me that Snape sounds like he was actually there and witnessed 
James's "arrogance" and his death. That doesn't sound second-hand to 
me. It sounds like Snape personally witnessed James's unbelief right 
up until the green light got him. 

> Who here thinks Snape hid for his life and who thinks he helped 
> Voldie> kill James?> Valky

I think he hid or, at least, his sin was of omission. If he'd've 
actively helped to murder James, DD would not have forgiven him and 
accepted his reformation. Some sins are so grievous that they cannot 
be forgiven. That would be one of them. 

I notice that JKR uses "murder" in the books where I wouldn've chosen 
the word "kill", as in above. I wonder whether that is authorial word 
choice or a Britishism. Any of the Brits out there know? 

TK -- TigerPatronus