Heaping vow upon a vow..

[carolynwhite2]

A new thought put to me by someone offlist....

Was that the first unbreakable vow that Snape had made? Could it be 
that the reason that DD had complete faith in the man was, quite 
simply, because Snape had sworn an unbreakable vow to support/protect 
the Order/Harry..?

The vow about Draco which committed him to killing DD if Draco could 
not would not necessarily contradict such an earlier promise, if both 
he and DD knew that eventually, DD would have to pass the baton to 
Snape.

It would be a neat solution to the thing that's been puzzling us from 
the beginning, because it's clear that making such a vow does nothing 
to improve the temper. It would be so Snape to make his promise, 
clasp hands with DD, but then continue on detesting the little brat 
regardless.

Carolyn
apologising for long absence, but keeping up with the list every 
night I assure you