DD trust in Snape again. WAS: Evil Hermione

[Gina]

No: HPFGUIDX 154834

Darbosheadobby:
I saw this and decided to chime in - hope you don't mind.  Hermione 
has always taken up for Snape saying that DD trusting him is enough. 
I never thought she was looking for Snape. She just assumed SOMEONE 
had to be cursing Harry's broom and looked through the crowd until 
she spotted someone chanting which just so happened to be Snape.  
This was just my interpretation.
Dobby








--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "juli17ptf" <juli17 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amiabledorsai" 
> <amiabledorsai@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > > houyhnhnm:
> > > 
> > > I just don't see how Snape would have come under 
> > > suspicion.  If he had *not* been muttering the 
> > > counter-curse, he wouldn't even have come to Hermione's 
> > > attention.  
> > 
> > AD:
> > As I've just mentioned to Pippin, Hermione was suspected Snape 
> before
> > she spotted him with the binoculars--she shouted "I knew it!" as 
> soon
> > as she saw him.
> > 
> >
> 
> Julie now:
> I'm not sure why this makes any difference. So Hermione suspected 
> Snape. What would have happened if Snape had just sat there 
minding 
> his own business and enjoying the show while Ouirrel was trying to 
> knock Harry off his broom? Hermione would still have looked at him 
> through her binoculars (given her suspicion) and would have seen 
him 
> sitting there minding his business--perhaps even looking 
> appropriately surprised or disturbed at Harry's predicament. If 
> others suspected him after the fact, there would be Hermione, so 
very 
> conveniently admitting in her honest way that Snape hadn't done 
> anything suspicious at all! 
> 
> Or, as someone else posted, Snape could have just gone to the 
> bathroom and avoided the whole thing. In fact, if he wanted Harry 
> dead but was fearful of suspicion falling on him, why didn't he 
just 
> *avoid* being in Quirrel's presence like the plague? If I recall, 
> Snape suspected him of being up to no good. So why not keep out of 
> Quirrel's way and let him carry out his nefarious deeds, and be 
rid 
> of the Potter brat with no one the wiser of his suspicions or 
barely 
> contained joy?
> 
> Julie
>