Eileen Pince

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 156260

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abergoat" <adescour at ...> wrote:
>
> The presence of a picture implies they were
> participating in an international competition (the Daily Prophet
> doesn't seem to be interested in Harry's quidditch captaincy - only
> his tri-wizard champion post). Doesn't this sound like a clue that the
> woman cowering in Snape's OoP memory was not Eileen? Why would a
> magical Eileen with the leadership skills to captain an international
> team cower in front of a MUGGLE husband? Seems unlikely. I bet JKR
> wanted us to question Harry's assumption that those people were
> Snape's parents rather than some other relatives. 
> 
 
colebiancardi:

I still think those people were Snape's parents.  As far as why would a 
woman who has a strong character cower in front of her husband - ask 
any woman who was in an abusive marriage - ask her if her character 
changed when confronted by her husband and she reacted in a manner that 
her friends and family would say is out of character for her.

I speak from experience.  

colebiancardi...
(love & fear:  a deadly combination that, at best, makes us fools)