Cataloging Snape's Behavior, Pt. II CoS (very long)

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 115153

Sophierom recounted this Snape moment:

> After McGonagall has told the staff that it was Ginny, Lockhart comes
> banging into the meeting, late, but "he didn't seem to notice
> that the
> other teachers were looking at him with something remarkably like
> hatred."  Snape steps forward and tells Lockhart to go search for
> Ginny since he'd been complaining that he'd not gotten a
> chance to get
> the monster before Hagrid's arrest.  Lockhart runs off to his
> office,
> and McGonagall, relieved, says, "that's got him[italics] from
> under
> our feet."  All of the rest of the teachers head back to their
> houses
> to prepare the students for an early departure from Hogwarts.
> 

I just have to note Snape's actual words to Lockhart. Snape says,
"Just the man. The very man. A girl has been snatched by the 
monster, Lockhart. Taken into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your
moment has come at last." At which Lockhart blanches. And 
after Lockhart tries to protest, the rest of the professors gang up on
him, playing back his various boasts about knowing the location
of the Chamber and how to fight the monster. Eventually Lockhart
is sent off by McGonagall to dispatch the monster. The whole scene 
is a great moment of the professors working together to take down
Lockhart, cleverly instigated by Snape. 

That's definitely one of my favorite Snape moments!

And thanks, Sophie, for cataloguing Snape's behavior for us :-)

Julie 





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