[HPforGrownups] Re: Red Flags, Dobby and Apparition

[devika261 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19194

I was looking through CoS to see if Dobby said something that would 
foreshadow his return in GoF.  I couldn't find anything, but I did notice 
something that I noticed a while ago but then forgot about.  I don't know if 
this has been covered before...

"Dobby threw his arms around Harry's middle and hugged him.  'Harry Potter is 
greater by far than Dobby knew!' he sobbed.  'Farewell, Harry Potter!'  And 
with a final loud crack, Dobby disappeared" (CoS, Dobby's Reward).

It seems to me that Dobby just Disapparated.  And he did it before, when he 
visited Harry in the hospital wing.  Now, I haven't read Hogwarts, A History, 
but I do know that you aren't supposed to be able to Apparate or Disapparate 
inside Hogwarts.  Is this a red flag?  Just how powerful are house elves, 
anyway?  I know someone in one of the books (I'm not sure which, at the 
moment) said that house elves have a powerful magic of their own, but that 
they're not allowed to use it without their master's permission.  Any 
thoughts?
Devika :)



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