The Twin's Bet

[gregory_lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 100211

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amanitamuscaria1" 
<saraandra at s...> wrote:

> I have the same problem with Fudge and Snape (sorry, Professor 
Snape) 
> not picking up on Dumbledore's little dig about Harry and Hermione 
> being in two places at once - even if Fudge is a bit dim, Snape 
> certainly isn't and Time Turners would be just the sort of thing 
he'd 
> have read about, I'd think.
> Unless, of course, the things don't actually come from the Ministry 
> but have been developed outside of the MoM, by, perhaps, two very 
> powerful wizards working in partnership (AD and NF)?
> Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria

I have heard someone say--I think it was on this group in fact--that 
the line you mention was Dumbledore's way of telling Snape that he 
(DD) was in on it and to shut the heck up.

The logic is that there's no way Professor Snape was unaware of the 
Time Turner.  No way at all, it would be completely unprofessional 
for McGonagall to provide a student with something that could be used 
to cheat without alerting the other professors.  Therefore Snape knew 
that she could be in two places at once and Dumbledore knew that 
Snape knew and Snape knew that Dumbledore knew that Snape knew and 
before this gets any more "Get Smart-ish" I'll just say that by 
intimating that she couldn't be two places at once when he knew that 
she could be, Dumbledore was indicating that he was aware of the 
scheme.