Snape and Quirrell in the Dark Forest

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 125314


---  Magda Grantwich wrote:
>> I think he did alert DD immediately and that's why DD attended the
> second game - to catch Quirrell in the act when he tried it again
> while Snape was up in the air to grab Harry if he didn't manage to
> hold onto the broomstick as well as before.  Harry messed up the
> strategy by catching the snitch so fast and ending the game in 2
> minutes.
> 
> So it was after their effort to trap Quirrell had been foiled that
> Snape and Dumbledore moved onto Plan B - confront Quirrell directly
> and try to frighten the truth out of him. And that's what Harry saw
> in the Forbidden Forest that night.
> 

a_svirn:

Yes, I am with you where plan A is concerned. It's the plan B that 
seems somewhat faulty. If Snape and DD wanted to catch Quirrell in 
the act, they shouldn't have tried to intimidate him. On the 
contrary, they had to act as though they were already satisfied with 
their efforts so that Quirrel would develop a false sense of 
security and walk straight into the trap. Besides, what truth, they 
were supposed to "frighten out of him"? They already knew what he 
was up to.

a_svirn