as a part of courtship, a woman—a maiden—used to give unicorn blood to her betrothed to symbolize her devotion to him

Does this mean that Snape acknowledges Hermione's collection of unicorn blood as part of a courtship ritual? *hum.... Interesting!

This story is getting better with each read. There are so many places that I laugh, so many that I want to cry with and for Hermione and so many that I want to smack someone upside the head. You have a very well written piece here. Thank you for hsaring with all of us.