VA/H=Mx13+RP? Snape's Culpability?

[festuco]

No: HPFGUIDX 147237

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

> But Snape STARTED that chain of events. Not anybody else, but Snape. 
> Without Snape's acting Peter's betrayal may have never happened, so 
> YES IMO Peter's teast WAS Peter's test, NOT Snape's, but the fact 
> that Peter's test came to fruition BECAUSE of Snape actions makes 
> Snape a very guilty person in my eyes and yes, tied to what Peter 
> did.

I don't agree. They switched secret keepers because DD thought they
had a traitor in their midst. Peter had failed his test long before he
betrayed the Potters. 

Gerry