Trelawney's First Interview

[karlii26]

No: HPFGUIDX 169129

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "koinonia02" <Koinonia2 at ...> 
wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "karlii26" <karlii26@> wrote:
> 
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> "karlii26":
> 
> > No where does Dumbledore state that Severus heard the first part 
of 
> > the prophecy at the Hog's Head, at the time it was made. 
> 
> 
> "K":
> 
> Actually he does.
> 
> 
> "That might, indeed, have been the more practical course," said
> Dumbledore, "except that Voldemort's information about the prophecy
> was incomplete. The Hog's Head Inn, which Sibyll chose for its
> cheapness, has long attracted, shall we say, a more interesting
> clientele than the Three Broomsticks. As you and your friends found
> out to your cost, and I to mine that night, it is a place where it 
is
> never safe to assume you are not being overheard. Of course, I had 
not
> dreamed, when I set out to meet Sibyll Trelawney, that I would hear
> anything worth overhearing. My -- our -- one stroke of good fortune
> was that the eavesdropper was detected only a short way into the
> prophecy and thrown from the building."
> Oop Ch 37 p.843 US
  
"karlii26":
  
After reading HBP, where we are told that Snape was eavesdropping, 
and was shown to Sibyll, it is easy to make the inference that 
Dumbledore was talking about Snape in the excerpt from OotP.  

However, the passage in OotP does NOT state that Snape was the 
eavesdropper who was thrown out.

In HBP, while Trelawney states that Snape was in a 'commotion' with 
the barkeep, she does not state that he overheard the prophecy.  (I 
know, she doesn't even know she made one).  

Harry assumes that Snape is the one who told Voldemort the prophecy.

Dumbledore tells Harry that he was never a very good Occlumens, and 
THEN proceeds to tell Harry that Severus was sorry, etc... 

Dumbledore does NOT state that Snape heard it on that day, in the 
Hog's Head, at the time Trelawney said it.

I believe Snape took the prophecy to Voldy.  I think DD was well 
aware of what was going on, when he did it.  

I think that once again, DD was telling Harry this story, bearing in 
mind that Voldy could glean the information straight from Harry's 
head, if he had a mind to.  DD was protecting Snape's role as a spy.

Like I said, I understand the inference, but I do not agree that it 
is a fact.  There have been too many times, when we are led down 
paths of inference.. to have it tossed back in our faces at the end 
of the book.  That said, I think that it is ok, to keep a step back 
from this, and not assume that we should take it at face value.