Snape's ability to spy?

[Lee]

No: HPFGUIDX 68763

I'm going to go the way of many fan-fic writers and say if Snape was 
pretending to be spying for Voldy at the same time he was spying for 
Dumbledore or vice versa than he might have been having to put on a 
good show for Harry as well as Quirell, whom both he and Quirell 
MIGHT have known was spying on him.  

Another idea was that Quirell was having second thoughts. We know 
that Voldemort punished him some times, so maybe Snape was "Acting it 
up."  If he was truly warning Quirell against Voldemort, and didn't 
know Voldemort was there at the time, then perhaps he could have used 
Harry's presence as an excuse later on for his behavior. He may very 
well have known Harry was in the forest that time, but didn't want to 
blow his cover by pointing Harry out and possibly having to hurt him 
to convince old Voldy or Quirrel that Snape was still loyal. Or like 
Peter Petigrew, he may have been able to prove his loyalty in some 
way, maybe by giving Quirrel his part of the puzzle? Because Quirrell 
DID get through Snapes potion puzzle. 

I still think that Harry's presence had some impact on the 
conversation. One of them must have known he was there, and that may 
have influenced their behavior.

Any thoughts? Maybe Snape was just acting that way around Quirrel in 
order not to reveal anything to Harry. Better that Harry think Snape 
was scum then put him in danger of following Quirrel around. That may 
be why Snape was angry about Harry seeing his gashed leg. His plans 
were working almost too perfectly, too quickly, and putting Harry at 
too many risks. 

Anyways, thats my two cents...

*snugs*

Lee
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dee_dolly7


> Snape did do more than the counter-curse. He got in Quirrel's face 
a 
> few times and confronted him about "loyalty."
> 
> There is enough shading to allow for Snape to have have another 
> motive for these actions, and "loyalty" could mean different 
things, 
> depending on who the loyalty is to.
> 
> But, if Snape has turned spy, he has some serious 'splaining to do 
to 
> V-Mort.