Snape responsible?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 107909

SSSusan 
> Anyhoo, your point about Snape *not* running off to DD after 
the Quidditch match is something I do struggle with.  I DON'T 
believe he  did, I DON'T believe DD knew Voldy was *right* there 
*on* Quirrell,  so... if I'm right about that... then Snape did keep 
silent.  Why??   Haven't the foggiest.  Grrrrr!<

I don't think he did. Dumbledore in OOP:"...this ability of yours--to 
detect Voldemort's presence even when he is disguised." How 
certain are we that if Dumbledore and Snape had cornered 
Quirrell and yanked the turban off, they'd have found anything 
visible but the perfectly normal appearing back of Quirrell's 
head? 

Do you really think it could have been that easy? Maybe, if Harry 
had touched Quirrell--but they didn't know about that yet, did 
they? 

If Hogwarts teachers could be sacked mid-year without evidence 
of misconduct,  Umbridge would have done it. What evidence did 
they have? Snape did not see Quirrell on his way to the 3rd floor 
corridor. He could not prove that Quirrell was hexing the broom. 
Harry and Hermione told Hagrid they thought *Snape* had done 
it. Raising the issue would have got Snape sacked, not Quirrell.

The only evidence was  the pain in Harry's scar. Dumbledore 
knew what it meant,  as we learn in OOP, but we can see that he 
didn't have much luck in convincing anyone else in GoF and 
OOP.  Bringing that up would have warned Voldemort about the 
connection without necessarily convincing anyone else.

Pippin