[HPforGrownups] Re: Wondering.... about Snape & McGonagall

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 116655


--- justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> One side note: When Dumbledore brings Sirius Black (about to shift
> out of his dog form) and Severus Snape together in GoF, with the
> interesting remark that "it is time for two of our number to
> recognize each other for what they are" (Am. ed. 712), McGonagall 
> is not present. She has been sent to fetch Hagrid and Madame 
> Maxime. Nor does
> she hear Dumbledore ask Snape if he's prepared to undertake his
> dangerous, previously agreed upon mission and see him accept it and
> sweep out of the room. Her errand is related to the (new) Order's
> mission--Hagrid and Madame Maxime are about to be sent as envoys to
> the giants--but couldn't her errand have waited? Why send her away
> before Black (still in dog form when she leaves) and Snape are
> ordered to shake hands? Does that mean she doesn't know about the 
> Order that
> Dumbledore is in the process of recreating? Neither Bill Weasley
> (who
> witnesses the scene and is sent on a less dangerous mission of his
> own) nor Snape (AFAWK) were members of the original Order, either.
> Why send McGonagall away so soon?
> 
> Carol, who almost lost her post by hitting "back" instead of
> "send"!

Because Dumbledore is protecting her.  At this point the MoM is
definitely the enemy and what Dumbledore and the others are about to
do is crossing the line into the illegal (as probably defined by the
Ministry).  The less MM actually knows, the better.  That way if
Dumbledore is forced out of the school (as he was in OOTP), she'll
still be there ("Hogwarts needs you, Minerva!").  I'm sure he told
her afterwards, but she could easily take veritaserum and swear she
never saw Sirius at Hogwarts and that she has no idea where Snape
went.

Magda


		
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