CoS chapter 15-16 post DH look

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 181249


With Dumbledore gone, fear had spread as never before, so that the
sun warming the castle walls outside seemed to stop at the mullioned
windows. There was barely a face to be seen in the school. - p.265

Alla:

So, if there is Dumbledore, there is no fear, there is no 
Dumbledore, 
there is fear? Sigh. I wish WW would not put so much hope in one 
person.


"Snape swept past Harry, making no comment about Hermione's
empty seat and cauldron.

"Sir," said Malfoy loudly. "Sir, why don't you apply for the
headmaster's job?"

"Now, now, Malfoy," said Snape, though he couldn't suppress a thin-
lipped smile. "Professor Dumbledore has only been suspended by the
governors. I daresay he'll be back with us soon enough."

"Yeah, right," said Malfoy, smirking. "I expect you'd have Father's
vote, sir, if you wanted to apply for the job - I'll tell Father 
you're the
best teacher here, sir" - p.267


Alla:
Well, heee, this one is definitely in new light of the sorts for me. 
In my evil traitor Snape days I was wondering totally whether Snape 
was really desiring to be a Headmaster or not.

And look, he did apply and got Dumbledore's job, thankfully only 
temporarily if you ask me.





"Then Professor McGonagall arrived.

"It has happened," she told the silent staff room. "A student has 
been
taken by the monster. Right into the Chamber itself."

Professor Flitwick let out a squeal. Professor Sprout clapped her
hands over her mouth. Snape gripped the back of a chair very hard
and said, "How can you be sure?"

"The Heir of Slytherin," said Professor McGonagall, who was very
white, "left another message. Right underneath the first one. `Her
skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever. "'

Professor Flitwick burst into tears.

"Who is it?" said Madam Hooch, who had sunk, weak-kneed, into a
chair. "Which student?"

"Ginny Weasley," said Professor McGonagall.

Harry felt Ron slide silently down onto the wardrobe floor beside
him.

"We shall have to send all the students home tomorrow," said
Professor McGonagall. "This is the end of Hogwarts. Dumbledore
always said. . ."

The staffroom door banged open again. For one wild moment,
Harry was sure it would be Dumbledore. But it was Lockhart, and
he was beaming.

"So sorry - dozed off - what have I missed?"

He didn't seem to notice that the other teachers were looking at him
with something remarkably like hatred. Snape stepped forward.

"Just the man," he said. "The very man. A girl has been snatched by
the monster, Lockhart. Taken into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your
moment has come at last."

Lockhart blanched.

"That's right, Gilderoy," chipped in Professor Sprout. "Weren't you
saying just last night that you've known all along where the 
entrance 
to
the Chamber of Secrets is?"

"I - well, I -"sputtered Lockhart.

"Yes, didn't you tell me you were sure you knew what was inside it?"
piped up Professor Flitwick.

"D-did I? I don't recall -"

"I certainly remember you saying you were sorry you hadn't had a
crack at the monster before Hagrid was arrested," said Snape. "Didn't
you say that the whole affair had been bungled, and that you should
have been given a free rein from the first?"

Lockhart stared around at his stony-faced colleagues.

"I - I really never - you may have misunderstood -"

"We'll leave it to you, then, Gilderoy," said Professor McGonagall.
"Tonight will be an excellent time to do it. We'll make sure 
everyone's
out of your way. You'll be able to tackle the monster all by 
youself. A
free rein at last." - p.293 -294



Alla:

I just had to find this whole scene to bring it here. LOVE it. And I 
have to say that in my evil traitor Snape's days  this behavior of 
Snape was the only one which I struggled to explain away as evil one.

I mean not that it contradicted Snape being an evil traitor, but it 
contradicted Snape not having any concern for his non- Slytherin 
students.

And another question. When Minerva says  - this is the end of 
Hogwarts, Dumbledore always said. What exactly do you think 
Dumbledore 
always said?