Timeline for Why was Slughorn so surprised that someone he taught was a murderer?
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| Dec 5, 2014 at 3:34 | comment | added | user31178 | I think saying "I taught him!" implies the length of time he's known Snape. It hasn't just been since Slughorn returned to Hogwarts, but rather since Snape was just a child. It sets up the length of time the trust has been established. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 15:20 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | @Geobits: Good point actually! | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 15:19 | comment | added | Geobits | @AndrewMartin Why not? Voldemort clearly knows Slughorn better than the Muggles around here. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 9:40 | comment | added | Andrew Martin | Should we really trust Voldemort's opinion on this matter? | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 8:45 | comment | added | Viktor Seifert | I think the important exclamation here is "I thought I knew him!". Slughorn also taught the others as well but he was not suprised that they turned out to be murderers. It is just that his judgement failed him in Snapes case. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 0:55 | vote | accept | DVK-on-Ahch-To | ||
| Dec 3, 2014 at 23:11 | history | answered | Saturn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |