[HPforGrownups] the Dueling Club

[artsylynda at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 57692

Darrin writes:

> Now, maybe D-Dore just told Snape to put Harry in a stressful 
> position involving a snake -- who better to do so? -- and see if the 
> Parselmouth came out. Snape just chose, for reasons of his own, to do 
> it in front of the school. Perhaps there was a bit of hell to pay 
> between D-Dore and Snape over that stunt.
> 
Dumbledore "doesn't miss a trick" and knew Harry was at the Weasley's when 
Harry had just arrived.  He knew when Harry moved from "The Cupboard under 
the Stairs" to "The Smallest Bedroom" to "The Floor, Hut-by-the-Sea" (all 
addresses on Harry's first letters from Hogwart's).  Harry spoke Parsletongue 
to the snake in the zoo -- I suspect D. knew about this and had no reason to 
"force" Harry to expose his being a Parselmouth, certainly not in front of 
the school.  D isn't into embarrassing Harry.  I don't think Snape knew Harry 
was a Parselmouth either -- I think Draco, or Snape, one or the other, chose 
a snake because it is the symbol for their house.  JMO

Lynda 
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"Don't let  the Muggles get you down." Ron Weasley PoA


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