Snape and Lily as friends- How could Harry not know?

[susanmcgee48176]

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I think we underestimate how much of a "closed circle" the houses and 
the groups of friends were.....

I don't think Remus, Peter or Sirius ever knew that Lily was a friend 
of Snape's. Lily obviously didn't think much of James so she steered 
clear of the other three as well. She certainly wasn't discussing her 
friendship with Severus with them.

Finally, when she and James got together, they might have discussed it, 
but I think it's totally credible that James never discussed it with 
the other three.

Lily might have said that she and Severus had been friends, but that 
that friendship had fallen apart as it became increasingly obvious that 
Severus was becoming a Death Eater.

Susan McGee
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