[HPforGrownups] Re: Two Plot Problems

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No: HPFGUIDX 187661

Carol:

Rather than let the DE kill Lupin, Snape saves him by *keeping* his  
cover and casting Sectumsempra. I think that he wanted his voice to  
be heard; otherwise, accomplished wizard that he was, he'd have cast  
it nonverbally.

alla:

What tells us that it was a verbal spell? Quite sneaky if it was (if  
it hadn't missed) — almost a hint to the Order that Snape's still  
ambiguous, though compared to killing Dumbledore, not a very forceful  
hint.

Carol:

It's most unlikely (IMO) that he was actually aiming at George (who  
might have been Harry as far as Snape knew <snip>

alla:

That's a good point — I had forgotten Snape didn't know who Harry  
was, although he could, like Voldemort, have made an educated guess.  
Nor do we know exactly what he may have hinted to Mundungus.