On the perfection of moral virtues.

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 169024

Dana:

> According to Snape himself he did not know LV was in 
> the back of Quirrell's head and he considered Quirrell 
> himself a mediocre wizard. We see that Voldemort is not 
> only a suburb legilimens but a good occlumens as well 
> so don't you think he would be able to keep Snape out 
> of Quirrell's head? According to Snape himself he thought 
> Quirrell was going after the stone for his own personal greed.

houyhnhnm:

Since I'm not aware of any scene in the books in 
which Snape breaks the fourth wall, I would be hesitant 
to say that I know what Snape knew or didn't know or 
what he really thinks, especially based on his statements 
to a crazed Voldemort devotee who wants to out him as a traitor.

Dana:

> Snape shouldn't have gone to DD with his suspicions 
> about Quirrell instead of acting out alone. 

houyhnhnm:

I am assuming you meant Snape *should* have gone to 
DD.  There is nothing to show that he didn't.

Dana:

> Yes, indeed isn't it interesting that Snape had his 
> story for LV ready in just two hours

houyhnhnm:

By Christmas the Dark Mark had already been getting 
clearer for months. Snape had all year to prepare his 
story, very likely in close consultation with Dumbldedore, 
who said, "You know what I must ask you to do."

I don't expect we will get a soliloquy from Snape in DH, 
nor do I expect the events in PS will be gone over again 
to answer the specific questions of how much Snape 
suspected or knew about Quirrell or how closely Snape 
and Dumbledore were working together.  It's a dead 
certainty, though, that we will find out much more 
about the relationship between Dumbledore and Snape and
the general question of their working relationship will 
be answered.