CHAPDISC: HBP28, Flight of the Prince

[quick_silver71]

No: HPFGUIDX 163630

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> 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.
<snip>

Quick_Silver:
I can see it going either way really though. Yes Snape's eyes sweep 
the Tower top but unlike Draco's they aren't described as falling on 
brooms not even for a second despite the fact that the narrator 
describes him taking in the scene and mentions the slumped 
Dumbledore, the Death Eaters, and Draco. Nor are there any subtle 
changes in his demeanor that imply he knows Harry is there...in GoF 
when Snape puts two and two together Harry can tell when Snape makes 
the connection that Harry's there in his invisibility clock. 

Quick_Silver (whose mind isn't made up on this issue)