Ron & Harry's Feeble Excuse

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 14937

I wrote:

> In any case, I find it kind of comical that Ron's excuse is so 
feeble
> and obviously false, yet Snape can't nail them and has to let them 
go.

Amanda pointed out:
>No, he didn't; Lupin swept them away before Snape could say anything.
>That excuse wouldn't have had a snowball's chance if Lupin hadn't 
been
>there.

Point taken...but would that really stop Snape if he thought he had 
the evidence to back himself up?  They may leave the room for the 
moment, but he can still give them detention, or grab them later and 
say "don't think you're getting away with this just because you wormed 
your way out of my office."

Amy Z

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 Crabbe and Goyle chuckled trollishly.
             -HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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