HBP chapters 21-23 post DH look

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 184389

> HBP:
> "Well, what Harry said is the most useful if we're trying to tell 
> them apart!" said Ron. "when we come face to face with one down a 
> dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, 
> aren't we, we're not going to be asking, "Excuse me, are you the 
> imprint of the departed soul?" - p.460
> 
> Alla:
> 
> So I swore to myself that I will ignore the crap that Snape gives 
> Harry during this reread, and I almost managed to be good. But you 
> know, my curiosity got the best of me here. So, question is if this 
> answer is wrong for Snape, Harry's answer I mean, which answer did 
he 
> expect? Did he expect any answer at all?

Zara:
You did not include the question. I think what Snape meant is "What 
is the difference", and so the answer he himself gave, would be the 
one he was looking for. It is a one-word difference in the 
phrasing "How we would tell the difference" vs. "How we would state 
the difference".

> Alla:
> 
> I just don't get it. I mean, I am sure Slughorn is sorry, but why 
not 
> give the memory to Dumbledore right away. I mean, you are sorry but 
> not enough to rectify your mistake? What people think of you 
matters 
> more than trying to undo the wrong you did?

Zara:
Tell it to Lupin in PoA. <bg>