'...He was taking too much for granted

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 161496

Carol comments:
> I agree with Jen that Snape isn't a whiner, but I also agree with
> zgirnius that Snape must have seen following Draco as futile at
> this point <snipped good list of reasons why it was futile>. 

zgirnius:
> I forgot to say-I think Snape is arguing for a more direct 
> intervention, instead of continuing to soft-pedal the issue. It is
> my opinion that Dumbledore always planned a confrontation with 
> Draco such as the one he actually got (only, minus the Death
> Eaters!), in which he would make Draco understand that 'he is not a
> killer', and then offer him preotection. And Snape was beginning
> to fear that Dumbledore, in assuming that Snape could prevent a
> disaster before that confrontation took place, was taking too much
> for granted. 

Jen:  OK, these two points help explain how the fight could have 
been about Draco.  Snape *wasn't* whining then--I'm so relieved<g>--
instead he could have been expressing a legitimate 
doubt: "Dumbledore, I've done everything you've asked of me, but if 
you think I can discover what Draco is up to from tailing him or 
questioning those useless goons, Crabbe and Goyle, then you are..... 
mistaken.  You take [ME] too much for granted.'  'Now Severus, back 
to work dear man, you promised and you must know my plan will work 
given my prodigious brain power.'  (Hehe, sorry, couldn't resist.  
Now everyone knows why I don't write fan fiction.)

Abergoat had a question about 'investigations into your own house', 
wondering how that would fit in with the rest of the fight.  If the 
above is true then this comment could have been Dumbledore reminding 
Snape that there are others in Slytherin House who might have 
knowledge about Draco's task, either directly from Draco (Pansy 
comes to mind) or from overhearing something he said. I do like the 
play on words, though, 'your house' as in Spinner's End. 

Jen R.