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> Mike wrote:
> > Dumbledore didn't even close the door fully when he was in the 
room> > interviewing Sibyll, he's a gentleman, you don't go to a stange
> > woman's room above the bar and close the door. He turned to leave.
> > When he was almost to the door, Sibyll starts into the prophesy.
> > Dumbledore stops and listens, when Sibyll finishes, Dumbledore 
hits> > her with a stupefy, or the like, before she returns to normal. He
> > summons Snape and Aberforth upstairs from the bar and tells them 
to> > make some noise in the hallway then bust into the room with the
> > story that this guy was eavesdropping. Dumbledore goes back into 
the> > room and performs the counter-curse which revives Sibyll so she 
can> > see Snape and Aberforth. Then Aberforth hustles Snape downstairs 
and> > ejects him from the bar. In the mean time, Dumbledore tells Sibyll
> > that Snape is also seeking a job and was probably looking for
> > pointers on interviewing. After Dumbledore tells Sibyll that she 
has> > the job, he excuses himself, goes down the back way and meets up
> > with Snape and maybe Abe. Dumbledore tells Snape which words to 
tell> > Voldemort and sends him off.

Jeremiah:

That's very complicated and riddled with possibilities for disaster.

Well, all I can think of for this idea is that there wasn't a conspiracy, but what if Dumbledore had a timeturner, saw Snape eavesdropping and then when back in time, sounded the alarm (possibly why he had Jame's cloak... so DD wouldn't frighten himself by detecting his invisibility through other means... who knows!) and made sure Snape was ejected before he could report back to LV. No need to stupefy a thuroughly decent person like Trelawney (bizare, but decent) or involve Aberforth. Maybe that's why it is mentioned that changing the past could be so very dangerous. 

Ah, well. I'm grasping at straws here.

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