Chamber of Secrets and Snake err.... Snape

[latha279]

No: HPFGUIDX 148061

Karen <kchuplis at ...> wrote:
> OK, at the dueling club meeting Snape whispers something to Malfoy 
> when they are just supposed to be disarming. On the count of two 
> instead of 3, Malfoy throws the serpensatia spell creating the 
> snake. What was it Snape whispered to Malfoy? Do you think he gave 
> him the spell? Why? It certainly revealed a lot about HP to him. 
> If he is ESE!Snape, that would be a juicy tidbit for the Dark Lord.
> Just interesting that that "whisper" was deliberately inserted by 
> the author. Red herring? Maybe.


Maybe, he told Malfoy to cheat and take HP by surprise by casting his 
spell on the count of two rather than on the count of three? HP 
definitely wasn't expecting to be attacked on the count of two -- not 
in a dueling coaching class. It is a class scenario none-the-less, so 
you expect the opponent to stick to rules.

Or it may be something of a HP study that Snapey was doing at that 
time. As he tells Bellatrix (and LV) that he thought HP was also a 
dark wizard as the rumours were so at the time and he wanted to find 
out himself. So, he may have give Malfoy the spell or maybe he 
already knew that Malfoy knows the spell. So he may have just told 
Malfoy to use it. 

Brady -- hoping JKR doesn't leave any questions unanswered in book 
seven.