Dobby in CoS

[hfakhro at nyc.rr.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21442

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., wings909 at a... wrote:
> I'm not too clear on what is meant by "acting on LM's orders" 
unless it is 
> meant that Dobby is acting under LM's orders to go and try to save 
HP?  I'm 
> not too sure what LM could possibly have to gain by that.  

Yes, sorry I wasn't too clear about what I meant. I was arguing 
against the point made by another listmember that Dobby may have been 
going to Harry not to protect him per se, but under LM's orders as 
part of a plan by LM. I presume this is the same conclusion that 
Harry and Ron come to at the beginning of CoS when they are 
speculating about why Dobby came to Harry (only they suspected 
Draco). The other point that was made was that Dobby, if he was going 
to Harry to protect him, was doing it only because he hated the 
Malfoys. I was arguing that IMHO (of course I could be wrong) Dobby 
is sincerely protecting Harry because he wants to preserve the 
relative stability/happiness that house elves have had ever since the 
fall of Voldemort.

> I never meant in my original statment that Dobby had given the 
letters to LM, 
> sorry I guess my original post didn't come in too clear.  I seem to 
think 
> either Dobby was "tortured" (for a lack of a better description) to 
give LM 
> the letters or that either LM found them on Dobby.  That's the only 
reason I 
> can think of as to how everyone managed to meet up at the right 
moment.

No I'm sorry! Yes of course that is plausible. I have to admit that I 
hadn't really thought about why LM and the Weasleys were in Diagon 
Alley on the same day, but this theory probably makes the most sense. 
After all, I don't think Dobby gave Harry those letters in the end. 
Yes, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense that Lucius 
took them from Dobby.

Sorry about the confusion!