Wither Winky? (was Re: House Elves, namely Winky)

[Rosmerta]

No: HPFGUIDX 16865

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Morag Traynor" <moragt at h...> wrote....
And Winky's grief 
> makes her, as someone (apologies for lack of credit) rightly said, 
the most 
> tragic character in the book.
> 
Has Winky's future already been discussed anywhere? Because it seems 
to me that she might have more bad things coming her way, namely that 
Voldemort is going to try to whack her. She knows an awful lot about 
Crouch's and Pettigrew's doings and she's still at large in the 
stronghold of Hogwarts. It would make a lot of sense for Voldemort to 
try and get rid of her before the good guys wrest any more 
information out of her. 

My personal pet theory is that V's henchmen try to kill her, Dobby 
tries to defend her and is himself killed, thereby becoming 
the "special friend" that is rumored to die in one of the upcoming 
books. I've seen a lot of discussion various places about 
what "special" means, but maybe it means "house elf." 

~Rosmerta