Harry in NEWT Potions Class? (Was: Is Snape confident?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 87655

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Derek Hiemforth <derek at r...> 
wrote:
> If Harry were to approach Snape and tell him (sincerely) that he's
> grateful for Snape's aid, that he was totally in the wrong to look 
at Snape's memory in the Pensieve, that he feels terrible about 
having done so, and that he thinks the way his father and godfather 
treated Snape as youths was dreadful and something Harry would never 
do to anyone, then I think it might have a definite impact on Snape.

Laura:

Maybe, but maybe not.  I keep remembering how dear Severus reacted 
when Harry was frantically trying to get help for Crouch Sr in GoF.  
Snape toyed with him as long as possible despite Harry's obvious 
distress.  You can imagine how he would have reacted if Harry had 
come running to him in a panic and tried to tell him that LV had 
Sirius.  Because the Order was involved and because Snape knew that 
Harry's dreams were real, he might have relented sooner or later.  
But he might well have told Harry to go away (in his usual charming 
fashion) and then used his own methods to find out what was really 
going on.  And who knows how long it might have taken him to get 
around to telling Harry that Sirius was safe?