"Only just".

[zanooda2]

Can you guys help me with this expression? It's in SS/PS, when 
Hermione was supposed to keep an eye on Snape (pretending to be 
waiting for Flitwick outside the staff room), but then she came back 
to the common room and said: "Snape came out and asked me what I was 
doing, so I said I was waiting for Flitwick, and Snape went to get 
him, and I've only just got away, I don't know where Snape went".

I know "only just" means something like "just now", "very recently" 
("we've only just begun"), but dictionaries also give another 
meaning - something like "barely", kind of like when Diary!Riddle 
says that Ginny is alive, but "only just". I've always assumed that 
it was the first meaning in Hermione's case, but at the moment I find 
myself in an argument about this expression and I need to be sure.

So, does Hermione mean that Snape went to get Flitwich and really got 
him, and she had to talk to Flitwick for some time, and meanwhile 
Snape disappeared? Or does she mean that Snape went to get Flitwick, 
and she didn't really want to meet him, so she barely managed to get 
away before Flitwick came out of the staff room? 

I've always thought the first scenario was correct, especially 
because a little later Hermione mentions that Flitwick told her she 
got 112% in his exam, so I assumed he told her outside of the staff 
room. But, since there is a disagreement, I would like an advice :-). 
It's on p.270 (for Geoff - p.196). I would appreciate any help, off-
list is OK. Only please don't tell me again it can be both ways :-)!


zanooda, tired of translation-related arguments ...