[HPforGrownups] Re: Possible Discrepancy in PS

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 18205

> > Snape starts out with, "Have you figured out how to get past 
> > Hagrid's pet yet?"  
> > Finally, Snape asks Quirrell to decide who's side he's on. 
> > Again, Harry thinks Snape is threatening him to give him 
> > information, but 
> > Snape is actually telling Quirrel *not* to help Voldemort.
> 
> Please say more, Andrea, because I also have a hard time 
> understanding this scene.  I get what Harry thinks and what Snape 
> thinks (possibly--it's not at all clear to me whether he suspects 
> that V comes into it somehow, or whether he just thinks Q is trying
> to get the Stone for some more mundane reason; I lean toward the 
> latter).  

I think Snape's comment about where his loyalties lay is the
clincher: Snape thinks Quirrel wants the Stone to give to V. 
Quirrel's less-than-spectacular comeback to that comment would be
enough to wipe away Snape's doubts.

The question I have is: Does Dumbledore know what Snape is doing? 
Does he know that Quirrel for some reason can't be trusted?  

A while ago we discussed why Snape went to Filch for help when he
almost got mangled by Fluffy; it was suggested that he couldn't go to
another teacher who would ask questions.  Perhaps he could have
because all the staff know that Snape had been assigned to provide
extra protection to the Stone.  Is Snape Dumbledore's recognized enforcer?

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