CHAPDISC: HBP28, Flight of the Prince

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 163625

Quick_Silver wrote:
> <snip> I'm not convinced that Snape had any idea that Harry was
actually on the Tower and witnessed what he did to Dumbledore. <snip>

Carol responds:
How could he not know? His eyes swept the room. If Draco saw the two
brooms, it's almost a given that Snape did. We know that Snape can put
two and two together and that he knows about Harry's Invisibility
Cloak. He probably knows that Harry is having private lessons with
Dumbledore. Even if he doesn't know about the Horcruxes (and given
DD's trust in him, his own reasoning abilities, and his role in
healing the ring Horcrux curse, it seems highly unlikely that he
doesn't), he must know that the other person in the room has to be an
invisible Harry. (Unlike Draco, though, he doesn't call attention to
the brooms. Why not? Because he's DDM and doesn't want the DEs to know
that Harry is there.) Snape certainly shows no sign of surprise that
Harry is chasing him and trying to curse him. Harry's presence may be
one reason why Snape hesitates to fulfill the UV despite Dumbledore's
pleading. Even after the exchanged glance he doesn't raise his wand
until DD says, "Severus, please. . . ." I can well imagine that he
doesn't want to do the deed, anyway, but surely Harry's presence makes
it even harder.

Carol, who thinks that Harry's presence is the main reason that Snape
sent DD's body over the battlements and rushed the DEs off the tower