A Small Dementor Puzzle

[Florence]

No: HPFGUIDX 19043

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> Danette wrote:
> > 
> > I'm new to the list but I felt I need to add my two cents.  
Actually 
> > if you remember Snape woke up (he'd been knocked out by all the 
kids 
> > hitting him with the same spell remember) and he drove off the 
> > dementors so he would have seen the dementors trying to give Harry 
> > the kiss.
> > 
> 
> Hi Danette - 
> IIRC, Harry was the one who drove off the Dementors with his own 
> Patronus (through the Time Turner) - remember how Harry thought he 
saw 
> his father but he was really seeing himself?  Snape woke up after 
all 
> of that and saw Harry and Hermione lying on the ground and he helped 
> them back to school.  I was under the impression that he lied about 
> driving off the Dementors in hopes of a little glory for himself.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw******************************************

Yes, this is when Snape came around so he definitely didn't witness 
the attempted kiss.  However he didn't try to take the credit for 
himself (refer his conversation with Fudge...)
"What amazes me is the behaviour of the Dementors ... you've really no 
idea what made them retreat Snape?"
"No Minister. By the time I had come round they were heading back to 
their positions at the entrances..."

Florence

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