Treating Professor Snape's dark past as after-dinner small talk brought Albert not the slightest shred of psychological pressure, nor did he worry that the matter might leak out and make Professor Snape harbor a grudge against him.
Isobel was a smart girl, so naturally she wouldn't go spreading it around everywhere, and clearly she hadn't completely believed Albert's story anyway.
As everyone knew, Gryffindor House always held a certain prejudice against Slytherin House, let alone when the target was Professor Snape, whom countless students both revered and detested.
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