Snape's greasy hair

[ariston3344]

No: HPFGUIDX 107142

sad1199 wrote:
> could someone please tell me where it is written that Snape is 
> friends with Lucious Malfoy? I need to read that again.

Hi sad, I don't know if this is the passage that most people have in 
mind, but this is the one that I think of:

--- begin block quote from OotP 32, "Out of the Fire" ---

'I have already told you,' said Snape smoothly, 'that I have no 
further stocks of Veritaserum.' [...]

'You are on probation!' shrieked Professor Umbridge, and Snape 
looked back at her, his eyebrows slightly raised.  'You are being 
deliberately unhelpful!  I expected better, Lucius Malfoy always 
speaks most highly of you!  Now get out of my office!'

--- end block quote ---

On a somewhat different note, looking at this passage again made me 
realize that Umbridge must not know that Snape is a Legilimens.  She 
was ready to try Veritaserum on Harry and even the Cruciatus Curse, 
but she didn't ask Snape to try Legilimency.

I'm not sure if this matters, but I do find it interesting.  Is it 
even remotely plausible that: (a) it's a secret that Snape is a 
Legilimens, and (b) he uses Legilimency as his means of spying on 
the DEs?

I'm sure the topic of how Snape spies has been thoroughly covered, 
so sorry for bringing it up... but if there are previous threads 
someone could point me to, I would be most grateful.  Quite apart 
from my Legilimency speculation, this is a topic I've wondered a lot 
about.

Thanks!

-ariston