'...He was taking too much for granted'

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 161474

Abergoat:

> Is there any possibility 'his own house' actually referred to
> Spinner's End? I don't think so...but it might be fun to speculate.

Sydney:

I suspect some sort of play on words too-- Hagrid says, ".. and then
he said summat abou' Snape makin' investigations in his house, in
Slytherin."  Maybe the Slytherin is Salazar Slytherin, and Hagrid is
interpolating the 'House' part?  Because not long after that
Dumbledore locates the Slytherin Horcrux, so maybe Snape had some
access to information on Salazar that was helpful.  Because he's the
current head of House?

Abergoat:

> Chrus, I think it is a reasonable speculation that Dumbledore said
> 'you made the vow, you will fulfill it' and Snape felt that was
> 'taking too much for granted'. From Bella's words at Spinner's End it
> seems Snape doesn't do the 'dirty work' like killing - so Snape may
> have objected that Dumbledore thought Snape was capable of killing. If
> so, Dumbledore neatly checkmated Snape: Snape's choice was two dead
> men and a teenage killer or performing the act himself so there was
> only one dead man and an adult murderer.

> But that investigations into the house don't fit in...

Sydney:

I think the "house investigations" was starting in on another subject,
and as for the rest, yeah, I'm certain that's what was going on, and
the 'checkmating' of Snape is just how I see the Tower scene! 

The fact that Snape says he doesn't want to do it anyMORE suggests
that he was once reconciled to the idea and has gotten cold feet as
the event looms.

Sydney