Where did Snape go Was: Trelawney and Ignorance

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No: HPFGUIDX 96374


> AmanitaMuscaria wrote:
> 
> By the way, on another topic - someone asked where Snape went when 
he 
> preceded Harry up to the Great Hall when Umbridge tried to expel 
> Trelawney - I wondered if he'd gone to get DD?
> 
> Berit replies:
> 
> If Snape went to get DD, then he would have to have passed 
Trelawney 
> and Umbridge and crossed the Entrance Hall in plain view of 
everybody 
> in order to reach the front doors. 

>snip<

 But if Snape went to get DD, that 
> requires he knew where DD was at the time; he wouldn't have had the 
> time to search the whole castle and then go outside to continue his 
> search in the grounds and the forest.
> 

Potioncat:
I asked that question, because in reading the passage it seemed like 
a red flag.  Harry follows Snape.  Snape isn't mentioned again.  
Harry of course, doesn't even notice that Snape isn't there. It  
seems like a JKR hint, rather than just a choppy scene change.

Someone suggested he was in the shadows, which fits his style and 
going for DD would fit his role as well.  It would seem if he was in 
the shadows, JKR would have had Harry catch a glimpse of him. And 
Berit presents some problems with his going for DD.  Unless of course 
there's something about Snape we don't know.....

Potioncat