Ch 28 AND 32 - Does Draco know? (was Re: OOP: Ch 28 - Does Draco Know?)

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Pasiphae:
> >> Then there's this line, as Draco leaves Snape's office:  "Malfoy 
> mouthed 
> > *'Remedial Potions?'* at Harry behind Snape's back before 
> following him." 
> > (p 639, US edition)  That question mark...has Draco snapped out 
of 
> his glee 
> > at hearing about Harry's need for tutoring and is starting to see 
> how fishy 
> > the situation looks?  Even if he isn't suspicious at that point, 
> Draco's no 
> > Crabbe or Goyle.  Surely it'll hit him at some point how odd the 
> situation 
> > was.
> > 
> > Then there's Sirius' comment about Snape being Lucius Malfoy's 
> lapdog 
> > (p520, US edition).  If Draco becomes suspicious of Snape and 
> passes that 
> > info along to his family, I worry that it'll cause a setback in 
> Snape's 
> > work for the Order, whatever the particulars of that may be.

Dana:
> Because Snape had to go with Malfoy to do something, I just wonder 
> if Snape did a memory charm on him.  Draco never mentioned it 
again, 
> I don't think after that.  It was suspicious looking for them both 
> to have their wands out, no cauldrons, or ingredients in front of 
> them.  

Now me:
I agree, and there's also the scene in Umbridge's office, where Draco 
witnesses Harry give his crypic warning to Snape, just after Snape 
has insulted his father's ally Umbridge.  It's not completely 
implausible that Draco might connect that with the failure of the DEs 
plot (depending on how much he could piece together afterwards)

On the other hand, maybe Snape is actually still on the side of evil 
(whether of the Voldemort or Malfoy variety), and delayed his warning 
to the Order in the hope that the DE plot would succeed. I'm still 
not completely convinced by his role as a spy for Dumbledore; the 
only reason for us to believe his loyalty is that Dumbledore trusts 
him, and as we saw in this book, Dumbledore is not infallible...

Chthonia