Summary - Hogwarts castle, grounds and lake

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29572

Cindy wrote:

> 
> > I am starting to think that the teachers really just live right 
there 
> > in their offices during the school year.  
> 
> 

Calypso wrote:

> In Goblet of Fire there's also a scene where Harry looks at the map 
and sees 
> Crouch prowling around Snape's office. Barty Jr. had broken in. 
That 
> eliminates the possibility of their actual offices being their 
homes. Perhaps 
> there are rooms adjacent to the offices or near the offices.
> 


Good catch!  I'm not sure what to make of this passage, though.  
Harry sees Barty Jr. in Snape's office.  Then Filch comes when Harry 
drops the egg.  Then Snape comes, wearing a nightshirt.  Then:

"I heard banging and wailing . . . I was coming to investigate . .  
and when I passed my office, I saw the torches were lit and a 
cupboard door was ajar!  Somebody has been searching it!"

So where was Snape before he heard the egg?  Certainly not in his 
office, as you point out.  But we can't know for sure that he was 
sleeping in his private quarters, either.  He may have been in one of 
the bathrooms or some such.  Or (and this is just for the shippers on 
the list) having a little romantic romp with Madam Hooch.  Who knows?

Cindy (unwilling to speculate on the source of the "banging and 
wailing" <bg>)