The Rare Cloaks

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 87004


> > If these cloaks can be bought, like at Diagon Alley, I wonder how
> Diana L. wrote:
> <snip>
> Snape doesn't strike me as a person who lets things slip 
> accidentally, even to Draco.  If Snape did slip the idea of an 
> invisibility cloak to Draco (when Draco told him about Harry's head 
> the Shrieking Shack) we've seen no evidence so far that Draco 
> figured out, with or without a hint from Snape, that Harry has an 
> invisibility cloak.  
>
Carol:
I agree completely that Snape would not let information slip,
especially information concerning Harry, but I think "even to Draco"
should be changed to "especially *not* to Draco." If Snape is really
on the side of the Order and Dumbledore, and I'm sure that he is, the
last thing he would do is let blabbermouth Draco know about an
invisibility cloak that could prove crucial to Harry at some later
time. Snape would know that Draco would inform both his Slytherin
friends and his father and that ultimately Voldemort, too, would learn
about it. (Even if Lucius is disloyal to Voldemort, other Slytherin
students also have DE fathers who would inform LV of the invisibility
cloak if they knew about it.) So whatever Snape thought about the
floating head in Hogsmeade (and I imagine he did suspect an
invisibility cloak), it's unlikely in the extreme that he would risk 
dropping any hint of those suspicions to Draco. BTW, I think his
apparent favoritism toward Draco is a pretence he's been using to
maintain his connection with Lucius Malfoy, his conduit for spying on
the Death Eaters. It will be interesting to see how the relationship
with Draco will evolve now that Lucius is in prison. Things could get
scary if Draco starts to suspect Snape of having any connection with
the Order or his father's arrest.

Carol