Sorry. The Sudden Movement.

[derannimer]

No: HPFGUIDX 56224

Okay, I know we've all talked about this a thousand times, *but*--

"Snape made a sudden movement, but as Harry looked at him, Snape's 
eyes flew back to Fudge."

The thing that really strikes me about that line is the last clause; 
it sounds very much as though, whatever Snape is reacting to, he 
doesn't want Harry to notice that he is so reacting. (And Harry 
certainly never does notice it like we have.) Which makes me wonder 
if there's *something* between him and Lucius Malfoy that he wants 
hidden. That's one reason why I don't care for the "Snape thought 
Malfoy had really repented of his DE-hood" explanation--it doesn't 
seem to me to account for the surreptitious nature of that reaction. 

Does anyone have a better idea than the old Gullible!Snape one? 



Derannimer