HBP: Spoiler: the 4

[pippin_999]

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> > Pippin:
> > Beg to differ. IIRC, Dumbledore never says that Emmeline Vance is
> > dead.
> 
> 
> Brian:
> But Fudge does when he's speaking with the other minister - "I've
been
> having the same week you have, Prime Minister.  The Brockdale
> Bridge...the Bones and Vance murders..." (P.4, US edition) These are
> certainly the same murders that the other minister calls "very nasty
> and well-publicized..." (p.2 US)  Granted, it may be that they were
> faked, but we have no real indication of that at this point.

Pippin:
But the Vance murder is the one the Order could have known about in
advance, seeing as how it took place on Snape's information. Not that
that lets Snape off the hook, necessarily. Voldemort could have let
the Order rescue Vance in order to reinforce their trust in Snape. 
Of all the deaths we've heard of, that is the one most likely to have 
been faked--with the large exception of the old man himself...
Hmm, don't  suppose he had a bezoar in his pocket, and maybe a 
phial of phoenix tears and a little going away present from old 
Nicholas F as well, do you?

Swig it all  on the way down, recover instantly,
transform into a flying insect animagus, land softly, accio the wand, 
transfigure a handy rock into the corpse du jour, complete with the 
 "I AIN'TNT DEAD" trickle of blood which Harry not so helpfully wiped 
away, and stick around to watch the show. Most entertaining.

Needs an acronym. How about SAD DENIAL II --Supposing Albus
Dumbledore, Dire Events Negated, Is Actually Living, Is Irresistible.


Pippin