[HPforGrownups] Snape/Filch connection?

[IggyMcSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 86916

> Mugglemonkee:
>As I was rereading Book 1, I noticed that part  just after Halloween
where Filch 
>is bandaging Snape's leg. 
>
>For some reason it seemed odd to me this time. Did Snape tell the
entire staff 
>he tried to get by Fluffy, or that he suspected Quirrel, OR did he just
tell Filch?
>
>If he did just tell Filch, why? It just seems like a strange choice of
person to 
>confide in, doesn't it? What is their connection?

Iggy here:

It could be the simple thing that Filch probably admires Snape for the
reaction he invokes in the students, and was one of the few people who
would believe any excuse and also might not report it to Dumbledore.

Iggy McSnurd