CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 184865

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:

> Does everyone think Lily was aware beforehand that he was using that
> word?  


zanooda:

Hard to tell, but I believe it's possible that Lily didn't know *for 
sure* Severus was using the word. Maybe she just heard from other 
people that he was, but it's not the same as to actually hear him using 
it. I suppose he was careful enough not to do it in front of her :-). 

It's even possible that Lily found out about it *after* the SWM. Many 
kids witnessed "the Mudblood incident", and someone could tell her 
later: "Lily, why are you so surprised? He and his friends call 
people "that" all the time. Didn't you know?". Maybe she wouldn't have 
believed it *before* Sev called her Mudblood, but she certainly would 
believe it *after*.