Red Flags, Dobby and Apparition

[Doreen Rich]

No: HPFGUIDX 19258

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rja.carnegie at e... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., devika261 at a... wrote:
> > > 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?  
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My own thought on this subject is that the house elves are given 
special permission to apparate & disapparate, in order to do all the 
tasks around Hogwarts, without being seen. Pop in, clean the room, 
pop out. Remember ... they are never seen but quite efficient.

Doreen, who keeps waiting for her house elf to get off his lazy butt