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Originally posted by Anna B. the Greek:
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... "The ring, Harry. Marvolo's ring. And a terrible curse there was upon it too. Had it not been — forgive me the lack of seemly modesty — for my own prodigious skill, and for Professor Snape's timely action when I returned to Hogwarts, desperately injured, I might not have lived to tell the tale. ...
If Snape had wanted Dumbledore dead all along, why proceed with 'timely action' that kept him alive?
Funny. He didn't live to tell the tale. He had ample opportunity but never wanted to. Guess he was too slow to recognize a curse and the ring destroyed his hand and almost killed him. My guess is that Snape made him a potion that cured him.

-- Roger

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