An Understanding between Harry and Snape

[Mike Crudele]

No: HPFGUIDX 190785

> > Kemper wrote
> >
> > :"For /[Harry]/?" shouted Snape. "/Expecto Patronum!/"
> > :... Dumbledore watched [Snape's doe Patrounus] fly away... and 
> > his eyes were full of tears.
> > :"After all this time?"
> > :"Always," said Snape.

> 
> Bookcrazzzy:
> 
> I agree, Miles, and would add this:
> 
> :"After all this time?"  (You still love Lily so deeply that your 
> patronus is the same as hers?)
> :"Always," said Snape.  (I do and I will until the day I die.)
> 
> 
> I don't see how Snape's patronus being the same as Lily's would 
> indicate that Snape cares for Harry.  I would love for someone who 
> sees it that way to explain it to me.

Mike:

I still don't agree with Kemper's reading, though I understand now how he came about it. But I have another question: 

How do we know that the silver doe was Lily's patronus? Was this speculation on our part, on Harry's part, or is there some canon proof that this was Lily's patronus?