CHAPDISC: HBP 2, Spinner's End

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 142375

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
 
> What I'm wondering is,  how long has she distrusted him? Did she 
come 
> out of Azkaban with blanket distrust of the ones who walked free? Is 
> his ability to slither out of "work" giving her pause? Has it just 
been 
> since the DoM disaster?
> 
> But, for whatever reason, both Narcissa and Wormtail know where 
Snape 
> works but Bella doesn't. She doesn't even seem to know that his 
> home/workplace is located in a dodgy Muggle neighborhood. 
> 
> I don't know...something doesn't seem right.

Marianne:

I agree, as one of the other posters on this thread has said, that DEs 
probably all have a healthy distrust of each other because of the type 
of organization they're in, the activities they're involved in and the 
fact that their leader will show no hesitation in killing them for 
their misdeeds. 

However, I also believe that Bella's mistrust of Snape runs deeper 
than garden variety DE maneuvering to stay on Vmort's good side.  She 
has seen many other DEs go to prison, while those on the outside 
apparently did nothing to try to find or aid the weakened Voldemort. 
These actions, or non-actions, are seen by Bella as a betrayal of her 
Master and the beliefs he espouses.  She went into prison as an 
unrepentent DE, and Azkaban has done nothing to jolly her mood.  In 
her view, she and a handful of others have remained steadfast, while 
people like Snape avoided punishment.  

Their discussion in "Spinner's End" also struck me as indicating she's 
had this suspicion of him for a long time, as if she knew of other 
instances during the first war where Snape managed to avoid putting 
himself physically in danger for the cause. I think that if Bella 
could find a way to prove Snape disloyal to Voldemort, she'd jump on 
it in a heartbeat.

I'm not particularly bothered by Bella not knowing where Snape lived.  
She's been out of circulation for so long, this doesn't surprise me 
that she doesn't know his current abode.  He may not have had it until 
he started getting that regular salary from Hogwarts. It's implied 
that Snape is at least on good terms with the Malfoys, so it's quite 
possible they know where he lives, whether or not they approve of it. 
Wormtail knowing the house and living there is an arrangement that I 
felt was VM having his minions keep an eye on each other.

Marianne