On the perfection of moral virtues.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 169050

"justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> But Snape *was* in prsonal danger in SS/PS.
> He was injured by Fluffy

The question was when Snape saved Harry's life in book 1 did that act
put him in any personal danger and the answer is clearly no. One the
other hand, Harry's life was put in grave danger when he saved the
world in book 1 and again in book 2; and what's more he knew it would
be very dangerous but he did it anyway.   

> Exactly why he [Snape] entered the corridor
> at that point has never been clear to me.

That is an excellent question, what was Snape doing in that corridor,
he was supposed to be guarding the stone, why was he trying to sneak
past Fluffy? But there is a very simple answer to that question, an
explanation that becomes all the more plausible now that we know more
about the man than we did in book 1; Snape was trying to steal the
Philosopher's Stone. I think it's a pity Harry never thought to tell
Dumbledore that Snape had tried to sneak past Fluffy, if he had
Dumbledore might have wised up about his Potions Master way back in
book 1. And by the way, Filch is apparently in on the plot because
Snape tells him of his frustration and disappointment in failing to
get past the dog. 

Eggplant