The Evil of Voldemort; Lily's choice

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 146709

Bart Lidofskye:
> Which, of 
> course, brings up the question again; why did he give Lily the
> choice of living? Given Voldemort as one who gains pleasure in
> the suffering of others, the obvious theory was that his intent
> was to get Lily to give up Harry to save her own life (which, it
> appears, Voldy fully expected her to do), and THEN kill her anyway.
> Of course, there may be an ulterior motive, to be revealed in Book 7.

After Prisoner of Azkaban, I was convinced that Lily was to be Peter's
reward for his treason.  Lately, I've been wondering if she was to be
Snape's.

Amiable Dorsai