Snape knew

[Annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 160967

 
> Eddie:
<snip> 
> Time 4: Snape gets caught by bartender, misses 2nd half.  
Dumbledore
> continues to hear the rest of the prophecy, ignoring the commotion 
in
> the hall?

Annemehr:
This in itself is no problem.  Assuming DD was distracted by the 
noise outside and failed to hear the entire prophecy at the time, he 
could easily hear it by putting his memory in the pensieve later. 
That's how pensieves work.

Remember that in "Snape's Worst Memory," Harry was able to see what 
James doodled on his exam paper, which Snape would not have been 
aware of at the time.

In fact, this was confirmed in the Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet 
interview the weekend HBP was published:

Melissa Anelli: "So there are things in [the pensieve memories] that 
you haven't noticed personally, but you can go and see yourself?"

JKR: "Yes, and that's the magic of the Pensieve, that's what brings 
it alive."

There's a bit more detail, including the fact that pensieve memories 
are objective, in the transcript here:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:tlcinterviews/jkrhbp3


Eddie:
> He showed Harry the memory of Trelawny on the surface of the 
pensieve
> instead of diving into the pensieve, so we only see and hear 
Trelawny
> but not the rest of context.  Maybe Harry will learn a lot by doing
> some pensieve diving into this particular memory.

Annemehr:
Yes, I've had that pointed out to me as being suspicious before.  
*Why* not just dive right in?  Eh?


> Eddie, who can't think of a clever closing tag.
>

Personally, I tend to rely on flashes of inspiration from an 
apparently distracted muse.

Annemehr,
who...