Weasley's & the Dark Mark - Scabber's - Dobby - Riddle's Diary

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Weasley's and the Dark Mark -

It seems to me that Arthur's wincing reaction to the dark mark would 
not necessarily mean that he has lost a child.  I think that everyone 
alive at Voldemort's rise to power was touched in someway - it could 
have been a child, a sibling, a parent or grandparent, a close 
friend, a co-worker (especially seeing as Arthur is at the ministry), 
a mentor/teacher.  (I know this point was already brought up - I'm 
just agreeing) ;o)

Also, the gap between Charlie and Percy could easily have to do with 
Arthur putting in so much overtime at the ministry during the height 
of V's power.
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Scabbers -

If Sirius could communicate with Crookshanks, then Scabbers probably 
caught enough from Crookshanks to know that he was helping Sirius to 
destroy him.  Thus, his escape from Ron.  The dormitory was no longer 
safe.
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Dobby -

The thing is that Dobby is quite an odd house elf, so we can't base a 
lot of generalities on him.  However, we learn from Winky that part 
of a house elf's duty is to help keep the family secrets, so then, 
why would Lucius Malfoy need to hide anything from Dobby?  I don't 
think that it would ever occur to them to act cautiously.  

However, Dobby breaks these rules (which, btw, I think is an 
exception to the rule).  I think it is set up by JKR that we will be 
distrusting of Dobby, thinking he comes of Lucius's orders, when in 
fact he is going behind Lucius back.  So, I don't think that the 
Malfoy's found out when the Weasley's were planning a trip to Diagon 
Alley through Dobby.  It could have been an intelligent guess (since 
many Hogwart's students were present that day).

However, it is a curious question why Dobby came to Hogwart's with 
Lucius Malfoy.  Was he just hoping for a sight of Harry?  Was he 
really polishing the shoes?  (And you've got to love the line "YOU 
WILL NOT HURT HARRY POTTER, SIR!")
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Riddle's Diary

If TMR did find out about Harry from Ginny, then we can assume that 
Lucius never wrote in it.  Maybe he knew it as a dark object that 
would brainwash anyone who wrote in it to join Voldemort.  That would 
be great revenge to have Arthur the "muggle-lover's" daughter to 
switch sides.

However, I don't think we can full trust Tom either.  If he had said -
 "I heard about you from the Malfoy's" then Harry would have jumped 
to his guard.  Anyway...just some thoughts.

- Jamie