Snape spy timeline in VW1

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No: HPFGUIDX 175906

> zgirnius:
> I was a proponent of the idea that Snape spied for Dumbledore for a
> considerable amount of time, in the neighborhood of a full year, in
> VW1. > in HBP. >
> Now, I turn to my tidbit...(emphasis mine).
>
> > DH, "The Prince's Tale":
> > he stood on a hilltop, forlorn and cold in the darkness, the wind
> whistling through the branches of a few *leafless* trees.

> So it took place in the Fall or Winter of the previous year, months
> before Harry's first birthday in mid-summer.


Do we know exactly when the prophecy was given? We know that Snape
overheard it in part and reported it to V. I wondered whether at the
time he reported it that he was unaware of Lily's pregnancy. It would
give added weight to his horror if he only subsequently discovered
that this gem of info he had delivered did not refer to some unknown
and 'inconsequential' child but to the child of 'his' Lily. In fact I
even speculate that the provision of the prophecy was the price of
Snapes admission to the inner circle of 'marked' Death Eaters. That
would be truly ironic, the price of his coveted entry to 'the club'
is likely to be the life of the only person he has ever cared for.

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