Snape as Borgin

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 113765

SSSusan:
> > Just one small, but potentially significant, it seems to me,
> > objection.  Are you proposing that Snape is using, daily, a Time-
> > Turner to be in both places at once?

Gregory:
> No, I'm not suggesting such a thing.  We have no idea whatsoever how
> much time Borgin spends in the shop.  It's obviously often enough 
> that Malfoy can become familiar with him but beyond that we know 
> nothing.
> 
> Once people have the ability to apparate, all travel concerns are
> eliminated so it is completely possible for there to be some sort of
> sensor that informs Snape when certain people enter the shop so 
> Snape can apparate there, transform, and come out from the back.  
> That's probably stretching things, but he needn't necessarily be 
> there all the time.  After all, Borgin has a partner doesn't he?
 
SSSusan:
True enough, he has a partner.  But I can't imagine Snape could be 
there often at all.  I mean, he CAN'T apparate out of Hogwarts; he'd 
have to leave the grounds and then apparate; or use the floo 
network.  He'd have to have an instant-acting potion which would 
change his appearance for those quick "pop-ins" to the shop.  And, 
presumably, business hours at B&B would overlap a lot with classroom 
time at Hogwarts.  I just think if this were happening fairly 
routinely--or even just a couple of times a month--the kids would 
notice that Snape was missing from the Head Table again, or there'd 
be a substitute in Potions class, or etc.  

Unless Mr. Burkes is pulling the vast majority of the duty, I don't 
see how Severus could be swinging this.  But it *would* be a good way 
to gather that information if he could manage it!

Siriusly Snapey Susan