To add to this, what will be done with Bellatrix after she is freed? Wouldn’t Harry need an answer to this before cooperating with Quirrell?
Simply releasing Bellatrix to her own recognizance would be like releasing a hungry lion near a grade school during lunch hour. Without Voldemort personally directing her actions she would act out of her own sense of vengeance.
It isn’t obvious to me that a simple “trust me” from Quirrell would convince Harry to cooperate.
To add to this, what will be done with Bellatrix after she is freed? Wouldn’t Harry need an answer to this before cooperating with Quirrell?
Simply releasing Bellatrix to her own recognizance would be like releasing a hungry lion near a grade school during lunch hour. Without Voldemort personally directing her actions she would act out of her own sense of vengeance.
It isn’t obvious to me that a simple “trust me” from Quirrell would convince Harry to cooperate.
I thought this was weird too, but EY has a habit of revealing plans as they are enacted rather than beforehand.