Pensive Peeking - & it's Dymanics

[horridporrid03]

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>>Tonks:
>Sorry I don't have my book handy. Did Snape look into the pensive to 
see how far Harry had gotten into the memeory?  If not and he just 
comes into the room and catches Harry with his head in the pensive 
and pulls Harry out, how would Snape know if Harry saw just the first 
few seconds or all say 10 minutes of it? What I am trying to say is 
that unless Snape looked, and I don't remember that he did, maybe he 
thinks Harry saw more than Harry actually did.<

Betsy:
"Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?"
But whether James really did take Snape's pants, Harry never found 
out.  A hand had closed tight over his upper arm, closed with a 
pincerlike grip.  Wincing, Harry looked around to see who had hold of 
him, and saw, with a thrill of horror, a fully grown, adult-sized 
Snape standing right beside him, white with rage.
"Having fun?"
(OotP Scholastic hardback p. 649)

As per Steve's theory (good one by the way, Steve!) Snape, by his 
presence in the memory by Harry's side, sees exactly what Harry sees 
at this point.  And I'm quite sure Snape knows precisely what point 
of the memory this is.  Also, I think folks generally start at a 
beginning of a memory and go through to the end (that's how it worked 
in Dumbledore's pensieve anyway), so Snape would have a fairly good 
idea of what all Harry has seen.

Betsy