Snape's Remorse vs. Snape's Worst Memory

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 139589

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat4001" <zarleycat at s...>
wrote:
> Ah, yes, just what we've been lacking around here lately - a Snape 
> thread.  
> 
> I was pondering what DD told us and Harry in Chap. 29:
> 
> Harry let out a yell of mirthless laughter.
> 
> "He hated my dad like he hated Sirius! Haven't you noticed, 
> Professor, how the people Snape hates tend to end up dead?"
> 
> "You have no idea of the remorse Professor Snape felt when he 
> realised how Lord Voldemort had interpreted the prophecy, Harry. I 
> believe it to be the greatest regret of his life and the reason he 
> returned-" 
> end quote
> 
> 

I have been thinking about that passage a lot lately.  Is it only me,
or could it have been that Dumbledore might have revealed the real
reason why Snape returned, if he hadn't been interrupted by Harry. 
The "-" in Dumbledore's sentence before Harry said "But he's a very
good t Occlumens, isn't he, sir?"  makes me think that Dumbledore had
more to say on this topic before Harry asked him that question. 
Usually, when you see that dash(-) at the end of a sentence, it means
that someone is interrupted before the sentence could be completed or
the person's train of thought has just trailed off.  

Break down DD's sentence into 2 parts
"I believe it to be the greatest regret of his life" <== the telling
of the prophecy to Voldemort.

"The reason he returned-" <== DD was beginning to tell Harry why Snape
truly returned - The reason he returned was because of something or
other...


Or maybe I am just reading WAY too much into this passage.  I could be.

colebiacardi