Snape, trying very hard not to smile? Or is he just allergic to cats?

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 93811

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
  Either he has some reason for not 
> wishing to be examined by Pomfrey (she'd recognize a vampire, 
> wouldn't she?), or he wishes to make it appear that he has. 
> 
> Snape might have a grudge against Pomfrey going back to his 
> school days, since she helped Lupin maintain his disguise.
> 
> Pippin

Carolyn:
Maybe its a boy thing - he'd rather it was grubby old Filch helping 
with his bandages than have some woman examining his wounds. A nurse 
friend of mine told me that that's still a very common attitude, even 
today. It seems to me very much in character for Snape.