Where was Snape?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 36496

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Ronald Rae Yu <ickle_ronniekins at y...> 
wrote:
> Where was Snape the night Quirrell was trying to steal
> the stone? Isn't it he knows somebody (Quirrell) is
> trying to steal it? Why was he not as protective of
> the stone as the trio? Does he really want Voldemort
> to have the stone, after all, pretending that he's
> trying to stop Quirrell so that nobody (including
> Quirrell) will suspect him?

He has no loyalty to anyone but *himself* (I am under the impression 
Snape is a psychopath... Hating someone not *despite* that someone 
saving your life but *because* of it?).

He was protecting Harry (despite hating him) - because by doing so, 
he's paying the debt he owes to Harry's father and he hates being in 
that life-debt.

I don't think he wanted Quirrell to have the stone - I think he wanted 
it for himself! To give to Voldemort or to keep - I know not.