Did Snape have a choice or not? Was: Hermione and Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 138320

Larry:

> Of course Snape had a choice, he could have ignored
> her request, or even refused outright. What was the
> downside, Bella would think poorly of him?, and her
> opinion he values as highly as he values his own life?

houyhnhnm:

If Snape is *not* aware of Voldemort's plan before the sisters came to
his house, then what he learns at the very beginning of the interview
is that there is a plot involving Draco.  A plot involving Draco means
a plot against Hogwarts.  Snape may feel that he is justified in using
any means necessary to obtain information, in that case.