Snape responsible?

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No: HPFGUIDX 107911

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!


Pippin: 
> 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? 


SSSusan:
I'm sorry, Pippin, that's not what I meant.  Let me clarify.  When I 
said that Snape stayed silent, I meant that he stayed silent about 
having issued a counter-curse to Quirrell's curse.  WHY did he do 
that?  WHY didn't he tell DD that Quirrell was hexing Harry's broom?  
Or do you think that Snape didn't know *who*, just that it was 
happening?


Pippin:
> 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.


SSSusan:
Snape may not have had proof about Quirrell, but he had suspicions; 
otherwise the "where your loyalties lie" speech wouldn't have 
happened.  I'm just asking why Snape went SOLO in his plan to watch 
over Quirrell.  Why didn't he tell DD all this?  Or do you think DD 
*did* know about Snape's concerns and didn't do any investigating?

Why would DD have believed what H/R/H *thought*, rather than what 
Snape *said*?  And why wouldn't Snape have just told the truth: that 
Quirrel (or *someone*, if he was not sure it was Q.) was hexing 
Harry's broom?  I can't imagine that DD would doubt Snape.  After 
all, he's always saying, "I trust Severus Snape."

Siriusly Snapey Susan