Where did Snape go Was: Trelawney and Ignorance

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 96375

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" 
<belijako at o...> wrote:
> 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. DD was not in his office or 
> anywhere else in the castle. He was outside in the forest fetching 
> the new Divination teacher; Firence the centaur. So I doubt Snape 
> went to get DD, unless he slipped outside through another exit (do 
we 
> know of any other exits apart from the tunnel leading into 
Hogsmeade? 
> Canon suggests Snape doesn't know about this exit; he investigated 
> the entrance, the humpbacked witch, very thoroughly in PoA, but 
> didn't discover its secret). 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.
> 
> Berit
> http://home.no.net/berjakob/snape.html

AmanitaMuscaria again : Well, a couple of things that come to mind - 
Snape often seems to 'appear', certainly around Harry when there's 
something going on,  so even if he isn't transforming into a 
flowering shrub ;-) he may be able to self-efface and slip by people 
without being noticed (except when he wants to be, of course).
The other thought is Legilimency/Occlumency. Both Dumbledore and 
Snape are skilled at this - maybe there's communication between them, 
or there may be a 'calling mirror' available to staff that allows 
them to let DD know what's going on.
I doubt very much Snape went wandering round the castle or the 
Forbidden Forest looking for Dumbledore.
On this theme, does anyone else remember another time when someone 
was supposedly looking for Harry and couldn't find him? The only one 
I could think of is when Harry & Hermione take Umbridge into the 
Forest - I always presumed that when Snape said he looked for them, 
he didn't look very hard, but what if he did, but couldn't find them 
for some reason, like, say, he hadn't got his wand on him? What I'm 
saying is, I think DD and SS keep VERY close tabs on where Harry is - 
whether they do anything about it is another matter, or whether DD is 
otherwise occupied and then SS can vent some anger on Harry ...
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria