Something Suspicious about Severus (was :Requiescat in Pace, My Dark Phoenix)

[Kim]

No: HPFGUIDX 151445

Rebecca wrote:
> "But someone else had spoken Snape's name, quite softly. 'Severus .'   The 
> sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. 
> For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading. Snape said nothing, but 
> walked forwards and pushed Malfoy roughly out of the way. **The three 
> Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf seemed cowed.**"

Kim
Is it possible that it was the one who murmered the name "Severus" that they 
feared?  I just finished rereading the series last night and this bothered 
me too.  But I finally read it to mean that it had called their attention to 
Dumbledore standing there.

If it is Snape that they feared then perhaps he is Voldy's favorite but the 
way the sentence reads makes no sense.  Why would they have reason to fear 
one of their own unless, like Voldy, he tortures them or causes them to 
believe he will have Voldy do it.

I don't know, it makes no sense in any way I read it unless I attribute 
their fear to Dumbledore, rather than Snape.

Kim