How much of the Prophecy Snape heard WAS: Dumbledore Does Lie

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 159008

> Alla wrote:
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> Snape hears the first part of the prophecy and Aberworth catches him 
> at that moment, but the first thing that Aberworth does is 
> casts "Muffliato" ( spelling?), so Snape is here, but does not hear 
> anything else and only after Aberworth casts it, then he opens the 
> door and pushes Snape for Dumbledore to see and Sybill comes out of 
> her trance now and sees Snape who is indeed there, but only heard the 
> first part because of Aberworth quick thinking.

Goddlefrood:

The spelling of Muffliato is spot on. That Aberforth would use the 
spell may not be. The reason I say this is that it is a spell Harry 
picked up from the Advanced Potions textbook in HBP, one of the 
Prince's own spells. Snape, being the Prince would almost certainly 
know a counter even if Aberforth knew the spell at all, which I doubt.

Not to say the thinking is necessarily wrong, just the method of 
execution as it were.

On the subject of what part of the prophecy Snape heard, if he actually 
heard any at all, I suggest that he may very well have heard the entire 
thing. The reasoning behind this is that while a Pensieve memory can be 
limited to show only one aspect (as was done by Albus when showing the 
Prophecy to Harry) I do not think, unlike some Muggle technology, that 
extraneous sounds can be edited out. If there had been a fuss close to 
where the Prophecy was being made (as indicated by Dumbledore's 
account) then some interference of sound at least would have been 
noticed when the Prophecy was played back in the Pensieve.

Goddlefrood who looks forward to severe contortions being suggested to 
explain why the Prophecy was spoken with no other sounds whatever on 
the Pensieve