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

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 161491

Pippin:
> In that case it sounds to me as though Snape was arguing that he 
> should abandon the watchful waiting strategy and deal with Draco 
> more directly, but he couldn't do it without compromising his double
> agent role, which Dumbledore was not willing to permit.

Abergoat asks:
But was it possible for Snape to deal 'directly' with Draco? I'm not
sure if the vow allows that. What type of action are you thinking
Snape wanted to take? Could be an interesting direction!


Sydney wrote:

> 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 writes:

Definitely interesting speculation, we know that Dumbledore is trying
to find horcruxes and he knows that Voldemort has Slytherin's locket
and DD is confident the locket became a horcrux...  Doesn't Dumbledore
say something about quick thinking on Snape's part saving Dumbledore's
life from the ring? So it is possible Snape knows what Dumbledore is
doing and they were talking about the continuing search...

Or perhaps Eileen Prince was the owner of the Ravenclaw relic and
Dumbledore is telling Snape he needs to search the house that his
mother was murdered in and THAT is what Snape objects to...hey, all
those 'old, leather bound' books (suggesting 'expensive') seems to be
a clue to me! 

I'm rather fond of the idea that Dumbledore trusts Snape completely
because he knows that Snape learned Voldemort killed Eileen
Prince...and blamed the murder on someone else because it was a
horcrux murder. Dumbledore certainly stressed this in HBP, suggesting
that in book seven we will learn the other relics were obtained in
similar fashion - one or more murders and a murderer 'caught' for each
remaining relic (perhaps only one, Ravenclaw's).

Abergoat