Eileen Pince

[juli17 at aol.com]

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wynnleaf
I'm a firm believer in "Eileen Prince is Irma Pince  (I'm a Prince)" 
and that Eileen came to Hogwarts at the time Snape became  disloyal 
to LV and started to spy for DD.  My theory is that Snape  was 
definitely willing to spy for the Order, but wanted his mother in a  
safe place just in case he was discovered as a spy.  So DD put her  
into his "wizard protection program" (like his comments to Draco), 
and  hid her as the librarian at Hogwarts.  There, she never sees any  
adults who would recognize her except for the older members of the  
Hogwarts staff, who are all sworn to secrecy.  The one time she goes  
out in public (DD's funeral), she's covered in a long heavy veil.   
She's described with similar physical features as Snape and she 
hates  to see someone write in a book (ha, ha, and Snape wrote in her 
book, but  she doesn't know that).  Spinners End practically has its 
own  library, leather bound books no less.  But most professors I 
know  (and I work at colleges), are really insistent on carrying all 
their books  with them where ever they teach, so I'd think Snape 
would keep most of his  at Hogwarts.  





Julie:
I happen to agree with you. At the very least I think it's a definite
possibility Eileen Prince and Irma Pince are the same person.
It would certainly be a good reason for Dumbledore to trust Snape,
if he has Snape's mother under his protection. And she does look
and act quite a bit like Snape, doesn't she? The only drawback to
the theory is that no one has connected her to the Daily Prophet
article (though she would have changed a great deal since being
a teenager), and that Harry doesn't recognize the woman in the
Pensieve scene--who is presumably Snape's mother--as Irma 
Pince (er, wait, we are talking about Harry, aren't we? ;-)
 
This could also make Eileen Prince the person Dumbledore might
have been referring to when he told Draco that "You can't be killed
if you are already dead" and "We can hide you more completely 
than you can know." Too bad he didn't also add "We can hide you
in plain sight"! Though since JKR didn't even want the first two
sentences left in HBP, the third one would certainly be a goner, if
the "hidden" dead person exists and turns out to be Eileen Prince.
 
Anyway, I think it's a very workable theory. It may not be right, as
I'm sure most of our theories won't be, but it could work. 
 
Julie 


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