[HPforGrownups] Dobby, Winky and the Office for House-Elf Relocation

[Hallie Usmar]

No: HPFGUIDX 18608

>If there is such an office in the Ministry, why didn't Dobby go there
>after he was freed by Lucius Malfoy? Wouldn't the Office have
>relocated Dobby? Also, Wicky was the house-elf of Crouch Sr.,
>wouldn't she have gone to the Office for House-Elf Relocation (OHER)
>after she was freed? Or is the OHER a dubious Ministry Office
>that "relocates" House-Elves by enslaving them to other families?
>
>:-)Milz

Oh, I thought it meant he relocated....quirky house elves.  House elves that 
drove their masters insane.  Sort of like Battersea dogs home rehomes dogs.  
Winky and Dobby were free, so they could do what they wanted to.  And even 
assuming that this isn't true, Dobby's experience with authority was never 
particularly good, so he wouldn't be going to them automatically.  It seems 
he took charge of Winky, so that would explain it.
Hallie

'We are each of us angels with only one wing - it is only by embracing each 
other that we can fly.'

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