Snape's Memories

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 184896

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jerri&Dan Chase" <danjerri at ...>
wrote:

< snip>
> Does he remove the memories before Harry 
> gets there and hide the pensive, so Harry won't know what he 
> has done?  Does he put the memories in a bottle and place the
> bottle out of reach? <snip>
> It just doesn't seem like Snape.


zanooda:

I remember once we had a discussion about this, and someone suggested
that Snape did it on purpose, because he wanted Harry to see the
memory to prove to him what a jerk his father was :-). I personally
never believed that Snape arranged the whole thing. The memory was so
humiliating that he wouldn't want anyone to see it, especially Harry.
He was mortified when he found out Harry saw it. So no, not on
purpose, IMO :-). I think it's just what Zara said, Snape expected to
be in the room the entire time, that's why he wasn't cautious enough.