Salazar & Slytherin(was Re: Draco and Slytherin House (was: Harsh Morality)

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No: HPFGUIDX 121502



> > Betsy said:
> > And Snape was going along with Umbridge himself, keeping her in 
> > Veritaserum and all.  He may well have encouraged his students to 
> > join the IS.  Joining the IS was certainly the cunning route.  And 
> > they protected their House - which shows a loyalty to Slytherin at 
> > least.
> 
> Then Nora said:
  I thought it was fairly transparent to everyone (not just to us and 
> our priviledged perspective) that Snape was being fairly openly 
> contemptuous of Umbridge.  It wasn't only Harry who saw Snape being 
> rude to her in Potions Class, after all.  And (in part from my own 
> experiences), we tend to underrate how perceptive children are about 
> teacher attitudes towards administrators. :)
> 


And, backing up Nora here, didn't Snape keep Umbridge stocked in
*fake* Veritaserum? 

Dumbledore on Snape in The Lost Prophecy, p 833 US:

"It was he too who gave Professor Umbridge fake Veritaserum when she
was attempting to force you to tell of Sirius's whereabouts..."


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