Snape Survey, Snapeity, Dumbledore's sacrifice.

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 149191

egplant:
And just seconds before Snape entered the room with murder
> in his eyes 

Magpie:
Snape does not enter the room "with murder in his eyes."

"...at that precise moment the door to the ramparts burst open once 
more and there stood Snape, his wand clutched in his hand as his 
black eyes swept the scene, from Dumbledore slumped against the 
wall, to the four Death Eaters, including the enraged werewolf, and 
Malfoy."

Nothing about him having "murder in his eyes."  On the contrary, 
he's just looking around the scene and doesn't even focus on his 
intended victim.

eggplant:
Draco tells him that Snape made an unbreakable vow to his
> mother, Dumbledore didn't believe him or rather didn't want to 
believe him "Of course that is what he would tell you, Draco, but".> 
> I think that bit of information shocked Dumbledore more than he let
> on, shocked him to the core.

Magpie:
Malfoy says nothing about any Unbreakable Vow.  He says, in response 
to Dumbledore saying Snape has been watching Draco under his 
orders, "He hasn't been doing your orders, he promised my 
mother..."   That's it.  He promised his mother to look after him.

Dumbledore tells him that "of course that's what he would tell 
you."  Draco insists Snape's a double-agent working for the DEs.  
Dumbledore says they must agree to differ on that because he happens 
to trust Professor Snape--so moments before Snape enters there's DD 
again declaring his trust in the man.  Draco then goes on to claim 
that Snape has been trying to "get in on the action" to "steal his 
glory."

Nothing about the Unbreakable Vow. 

Dumbledore *does* hear about the Unbreakable Vow earlier--much 
earlier--when Harry tells him that Snape claims to have made an 
Unbreakable Vow to Narcissa months before this scene.  There's 
absolutely nothing that Draco says on the Tower that would shock 
Dumbledore at all.  Even if he had referred to the UV instead of 
just saying he "promised," Dumbledore's already heard Snape made one 
regarding Draco's protection, which is what Draco is referring to 
here.  And his response to Draco telling him this is to once again 
affirm he trusts Snape.  The only nasty surprise for Dumbledore from 
Draco we know of is that he's gotten DEs into the castle, which was 
a surprise to Snape too.

-m