Snape's stalling

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No: HPFGUIDX 116368


Pippin: 
> Of course he did...but I thought you would say that he did it 
> because he wanted Harry to be scared and was indifferent to his 
> safety.  Neri's argument, IIRC, was that Snape delayed 
> searching the forest for Harry because he didn't really care what 
> happened to him, and I thought you were supporting it. 


Alla:

I think we got confused again, Pippin. I do support Neri's argument 
and I thought that you brought up "snake' as example of Snape 
helping Harry, even if not right away.


I was asking what to help with, if Snape did it from the beginning? 
I just don't think that it was a good example fo Snape HELPING Harry.

 
Pippin:
 
> I think Snape wanted to find out if Harry was a parselmouth and 
> he also wanted to cause Harry some grief over throwing the 
> firework into Goyle's potion and stealing the supplies (which he 
> would have discovered by then.) 


Alla:

Cause Harry some grief? Absolutely. I don't call Snape sadist for no 
reason, after all. :)