Okay, the thing about Snape seeming not to want to hurt Harry, I would really like it to be for personal reasons, but ...
This really sounds like Snape is just following orders, although I really hope not
... HOPEFULLY, it just fell in with what Snape wanted anyway.
Cindy
Page 603, American edition...somewhere overhead Snape was shouting, "Have you forgotten our orders? Potter belongs to the Dark Lord --- we are to leave him! Go! Go!
This really sounds like Snape is just following orders, although I really hope not
Cindy