[HPforGrownups] Re: Chamber of Secrets and Snake err.... Snape

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 148075

Sorry you are right, it was late when I was reading and writing last night. Mea culpa.

However, Snape does whisper to Malfoy right before he casts the serpensortia curse:

Snape moved closer to Malfoy, bent down, and whispered something in his ear. Malfoy smirked, too. Harry looked up nervously at Lockhart and said, "Professor, could you show me that blocking thing again?"
"Scared?" muttered Malfoy,so that Lockhart couldn't hear him.
"You wish," said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.
Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. "Just do what I did, Harry!"
"What, drop my wand?"
But Lockhart wasn't listening.
"Three..two..one..go!" he shouted.
Malfoy raised his wand quickly and bellowed "Serpensortia!"

I just find that very interesting, since it is likely that he told Malfoy to use that spell. For what reason? (It also annoys me that Harry hears the counter curse for tarentella legs here and in one other place (I believe, have to keep my eye out) and doesn't think to use it on Neville in the MoM battle of OOP.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Geoff Bannister 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:42 AM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Chamber of Secrets and Snake err.... Snape


  --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Karen <kchuplis at ...> wrote:
  >
  > OK, at the dueling club meeting Snape whispers something to Malfoy  
  > they are just supposed to be disarming. On the count of two instead 
  > of when 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.

  Geoff:
  Just to be absolutely and irritatingly pedantic at 7.41 in the morning: 
  in the duelling club scene, Malfoy casts his first curse on the count 
  of two and we do not know which curse he uses. The "Serpensortia" spell 
  was cast correctly, time wise.

  'Harry and Malfoy barely inclined their heads, not taking their eyes 
  off each other.
  "Wands at the ready!" shouted Malfoy. "When I count to three, cast your 
  charms to disarm your opponent - only to disarm them - we don't want 
  any accidents. One... two... three..."
  Harry swung his wand over his shoulder but Malfoy had already started 
  on 'two': his spell hit Harry so hard he felt as if he'd been hit over 
  the head with a saucepan.'
  (COS "THe Duelling Club" p.143 UK edition)

  'Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. "Just do what I did, 
  Harry."
  "What, drop my wand?"
  But Lockhart wasn't listening.
  "Three - two - one - go!" he shouted.
  Malfoy raised his wand quickly and bellowed, "Serpensortia!"'
  (ibid. p.145)

  At least this time, he wasn't jumping the gun - I think he didn't have 
  time to....






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