Why Leave Harry at HW at the End of HBP?

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 148160

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Angie wrote:
> >snipped the quote< 
> > I understand that if Snape is really working for the Order (which 
I 
> > believe he is) that he would not want to take Harry to LV, but 
that 
> is 
> > not what he says.  He says "Have your forgotten our orders? 
Potter 
> > belongs to the Dark Lord -- we are to leave him!"
> 
> Potioncat:
> I don't think Snape had any idea that Draco was bringing the DEs 
into 
> Hogwarts. Or if he did, he didn't know how Draco was planning to do 
it, 
> or that he was so close.
> 
> The group of DEs seem to look to Snape as the leader as soon as he 
> shows up, and they may think he knows more than he really does. It 
> could be that LV's standing orders are that no one is to kill 
Harry; LV 
> plans to do that himself. In that case, Snape is perhaps 
embellishing 
> the orders a bit to Harry's advantage. I doubt that LV would mind 
> anyone working a bit of Cruciatus on Harry, but Snape makes it 
sound as 
> if that is off limits too.
> 
> Such a considerate man.

Angie responds:

Oh, I agree he protected Harry (yet again).  But regardless of that, 
and regardless of whether Snape was aware of Draco's plan, seems to 
me there are two options: either LV had given the orders to leave 
Harry or he had not.

If he had given such orders -- well, I can't fathom why he would when 
his top priority is killing Harry himself.  Theories, anyone?

But Snape is playing a dangerous game if LV didn't give such orders 
and he left Harry behind.  If LV had not given orders to leave Harry, 
then how is Snape going to explain to LV that he left Harry behind 
when he could have brought him? Snape didn't have to kill Harry to 
bring him with him.  He could have floated his body (Locomotor 
Harry!) to outside of the gates and then Apparated Harry with him.  
Or something like that.