Why didn't Lily run? (Was: James, a paragon of virtue?)

[LegacyLady]

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Tammy wrote:
> Voldemort seems to be saying that he wouldn't have harmed her, but what mother
would have walked away from her child? 
 
LegacyLady:
Excellent point, Tammy!  But, could the answer to your question about what mother would have "walked away" been ... Voldemort's mother?!?  Do we know enough about HOW he ended up in the Muggle orphanage to know that he wasn't abandoned?  
 
Voldemort seems to have not known love of any kind and has developed a lifetime of resentment/hatred (toward Muggles) because of his father "abandoning his mother when he discovered she was a witch".  But do we know what ACTUALLY happened to HER?  Perhaps he truly believed that Lily would leave Harry to him (as an infant) and just walk away.  
 
Interesting thread!

LegacyLady