Sirius' words about Snape WAS: What is poetic justice?

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No: HPFGUIDX 143582

> Carol responds:
> The actual quote is "knew more curses when he arrived at school 
than
> half the seventh years." The word "Dark" is not included.
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Alla:

My bad, sorry, but since the word "Dark" is pretty close to this 
quotation, namely the sentence prior to it, I think my mistake is 
understandable.

"Snape's always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for 
it at school. Slimy, oily, greasy -haired kid, he was," Sirius 
added, and Harry and Ron grinned at each other. "Snape knew more 
curses when he arrived at school than half the kids of the seven 
year, and he was part of gang of Slytherins, who nearly all turned 
out to be Death Eaters"  - GoF, p.531.


> Carol, who thinks that Severus, whether he was eleven or seventeen,
> would have been more than a match for James when he wasn't caught
> off-guard with two (or more) against one
>


JMO,

Alla, who agrees with Carol in the part of Severus being more than a 
match for James and speculates that quite often he was not caught 
off guard