Why didn't Snape turn Harry in?

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 159226

> Jen: 
> Snape wanted the book back 
> before Harry discovered who the HBP was or something else personal. 
> But then there's the problem that he told the information to Harry 
> himself during the run across the grounds--is that a clue that with 
> Dumbledore dead the book didn't matter anymore? *Head spinning*. 

zgirnius:
That's not the motivation I read in that scene. Snape wants Harry to 
know he is the HBP at some point. Once he is forced to flee Hogwarts, 
it is his last chance to reveal this fact.

As a DDM! Snape type, I tend to think the empathy Harry had for the 
Prince will help him to come to some accommodation with Snape in Book 
7.

> Jen: 
>  Also, it seems out of 
> character to me that Snape might 'open up' to Harry if Harry had 
> told the truth. There has to be some semblance of trust for that 
> type of communication to occur and perhaps some event will occur 
> for 
> it to happen in the future, but so far it's completely lacking on 
> both sides. 

zgirnius:
I agree, that's why I think he revealed it during his flight from 
Hogwarts. He is in a sufficiently desperate situation for his usual 
motives with regards to Harry to be overridden.