Snape, a Deatheater.

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 163993

Nikklamati:
> >We do find out that Draco has  refused to come see SS when told to
and we see Draco walk out on SS in a  fit of anger. Furthermore, SS
and DD don't seem to learn anything more  about Draco's task during
the rest of the year than they knew at  Christmas!

Carol responds:
I'm not so sure. Snape has put Crabbe and Goyle in detention. He would
know that they're helping Draco but don't know what he's up to. He
could use Legilimency to figure out that it has something to do with
the RoR. He also knows that Filch found Draco in an upstairs
corridor--where else but the RoR? Snape's pale face--he looks angry
and even a bit afraid--suggests that he knows or suspects exactly
where Draco was. Obviously, Snape can't interrogate Draco directly
again--Draco's not going to cooperate with someone he thinks is a
Death Eater out to steal his glory, but he can interrogate the little
girls Draco is suddenly hanging around with and discover that they
know even less than Crabbe and Goyle, which leads to the conclusion
that Draco is polyjuicing his friends. And clearly Snape is following
Draco around or he couldn't have saved him from Sectumsempra. He also
knows that Draco has outside help, Bella and possibly other Death
Eaters, but he can hardly interrogate them. Also, of course, he knows
that Draco must be the one who sent the poisoned mead. The argument in
the forest occurs soon after that incident. DD *is* taking too much
for granted, and investigations into Snape's house have yielded as
much information as possible.

DD tells Harry that he knows more about what Draco is doing than Harry
does, and his source of information has to be Snape. The one thing
they don't know, and can't know without confronting Draco himself and
endangering all three of them, is that he's trying to repair the
Vanishing Cabinet. And that, of course, is the crucial piece of
information which makes all their efforts to thwart the UV futile.

Carol, who would be very surprised if Snape didn't know or suspect a
lot more than he let on to Draco at Christmas