Snape's Reaction to Harry assuming that he is a DE spy

[sachmet96]

No: HPFGUIDX 108641

 
> SSSusan:
> Must be the movies, Lisa.
> 
> Snape paused during roll call, at the start of class, to 
> remark, "Our new--*celebrity*" then goes on to give his "subtle 
> science & exact art of potion-making" speech.  As Vmonte 
> recalled, "He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught 
> every word--like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of 
keeping 
> a class silent without effort."
> 
> Snape continued on w/ his "little foolish wand-waving" and "even 
> stopper death" remarks, concluding with "--if you aren't as big a 
> bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."  
> 
> Next comes this:  "More silence followed this little speech.  Harry 
> & Ron exchanged looks with raised eyebrows.  Hermione Granger was 
on 
> the edge of her seat and looked desperate to start proving that she 
> wasn't a dunderhead."  *Immediately* after this, Snape 
> says, "Potter!" and begins asking his sequence of questions.
> 
> So, NO, Harry wasn't goofing off or letting his mind drift.
 
sachmet
Actually I took the raised eyebrows of Ron and Harry as them reacting 
in a sarcastic/condescending way to or making fun of what Snape just 
said (at least I would have seen it that way if I were the teacher). 
So I thought Snape was reacting to that and found his reaction 
perfectly understandable in that situation.

sachmet,
who just delurked for one post