Snape's Rage at Being Called Coward : No, just a coward

[rtbthw_mom]

No: HPFGUIDX 172105

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <sassymomofthree at ...> wrote:
>
> > > Lisa:
> > > I've never really understood why she didn't grab Baby Harry and 
> > > disapparate.  I'd rather live life on the run than hand my baby 
> over to 
> > > what could mean certain death.
> > 
> > Eddie:
> > Haven't you read "Godric's Hollow, A History?"  :-)   Seriously, maybe
> > she couldn't apparate or dis-apparate from the house because of all
> > the magical protections around it.  On the other hand, Fred and George
> > successfully apparated all over 12 Grimmauld Place even though it was
> > full of magical protections.
> ======================================
> 
> Lisa:
> 
> ::::snort:::::  Oh, how I wish there WAS a "Godric's Hollow, A 
> History!"  LOL!
> 
> I, too, thought that the only reason she wouldn't disapparate with Baby 
> Harry would be that she physically couldn't because of the magical 
> protections on the house.   Then, once we saw Fred & George apparating 
> in Grimmauld Place, it made me question even that; and further, when 
> Harry and Dumbledore went to see Slughorn to offer him the Potions job, 
> Harry asked why they couldn't just apparate into the house.  Dumbledore 
> told him that magical persons have protections that keep others from 
> doing so (much like Muggles have locks), but didn't say that they 
> themselves couldn't do so.
> 
> Very curious.
>
now Pat:

I believe there was once a discussion about apparition, particularly
with children.  The concept of side-along apparition in HBP, along
with the suggestion that parents practice this with their children,
has always suggested to me that anyone involved in apparating has to
*want* to go along, which leaves babies out altogether (you can't
explain to a baby.)  So the apparatee's will must be involved in the
experience of apparating.  I have made the assumption that Lily knew
she couldn't flee in this manner, or any manner, once LV was in the
room with her and baby Harry, thus the reason for her sacrifice. 

Pat, anxiously waiting for midnight Friday night and avoiding most of
the Internet like the plague.