Draco's Plot

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 152535

Sherrie:
> Or perhaps "he" doesn't refer to Voldemort at all?  Granted, that's  
the immediate prior referent - but it's a general pronoun.  What if it  
refers to Dumbledore?  Being a firm believer in the coup de grace 
theory, I  can certainly read it that way.  Dumbledore has already been 
seriously  (mortally?) injured by Slytherin's ring - Snape has 
(probably) already  "stoppered death" for him.  The "quiet and 
thoughtful" way Snape says this  indicates to me that he expects to 
have to pull that stopper, as well

Ceridwen:
I've thought the same thing.  Even when reading Spinner's End for the 
first time, the way Snape says this, as you mention, made me stop and 
wonder for a minute.

Ceridwen.