Snape the Spy (WAS Re: Who was responsible for Sirius' death? ...)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 167678

zgirnius:

> The Order knew Voldemort was after the prophecy (and 
> this could be the information Snape provided at the
> Order meeting at the start of OotP).

houyhnhnm:

The meeting on the day Harry arrived at 12 GP was a 
major meeting, according to Fred, but I think the Order 
was alerted to Voldemort's interest in the prophecy much 
sooner than that.  Ron tells Harry on that first evening, 
while the meeting was still going on, that "some of them 
are standing guard over something.  They're always talking 
about guard duty." 

Also according to Ron, the blow-up between Percy and 
Arthur took place "the first week back after term ended" 
when "We were about to come and join the Order."  They 
must have been at 12 GP for about a month before Harry 
joined them, although there is nothing to indicate how 
long the guard duty had been going on.   But it is possible 
that the Order knew Voldemort was after the prophecy 
within a couple of weeks after LV's return to a body.  
And the information had to have come from Snape.