CHAPDISC: HBP 2, Spinner's End

potioncat willsonkmom at msn.com
Mon Oct 31 17:23:56 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 142353

 Potioncat, earlier:
> 3. Bella knows Narcissa is going to visit Snape, but she is caught by 
> surprise (equaling that of many from this list) at the location. She 
> calls it a Muggle dunghill and doubts that any of "our kind" has ever 
> set foot there. In fact, Snape, Pettigrew and Narcissa all seem 
> familiar with the area. Yet it was Bella who was supposed to be part 
> of young Severus's gang. What do you think is going on here? How long 
> do you think Snape has been using this location?

Potioncat, now:
Lots of you have posted on this one. It is a question that actually 
nags at me, although many of you brought up things I hadn't thought 
of.. I'm responding to the different ideas that I've read this week.

Sirius said (GoF?) that Snape belonged to a gang of Slytherins, which 
included the LeStranges,  who almost all became DEs. I've always taken 
that to mean the gang were friends, but it doesn't have to be the case. 
Zacharias Smith is part of a gang (DA) that includes Harry, but they 
aren't friends. Friends or not, if Spinner's End was Snape's childhood 
home, it would be understandable that he wouldn't invite his Slytherin 
classmates there.

But, Snape is a DE and so is Bella. They knew each other in school and 
afterwards. We don't know what Snape did in his younger days for LV, 
but perhaps Bella and Snape never had to meet at his workplace/home. In 
fact, maybe Spinner's End wasn't his home or workplace in the '80's.

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.

Potioncat







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