The Riddle Diary

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 30100

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., raolin1 at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Wendelin...akaDebWA" 
> <findmeabargain at y...> wrote:
> > I think so on both issues. Where else would
> > Lucius have gotten the book, and why else would
> > he have sought to get it into the school? He
> > hasn't struck me as a man of wit enough to think
> > up a scheme on his own.
> 
> 
> I, on the other hand, believe Lucius to be extremely full of wit and 
> cunning, and quite capable of pulling off all kinds of complicated 
> plots and political traps.  As a successful member of the 
> aristocracy, it's probably a prerequisite.
> 
> Also, remember that when Harry asks Dobby at the beginning of the 
> book, if Lord Voldemort is involved in this heinous plot that Dobby 
> is trying to protect him from, Dobby says no, that he is not.  Since 
> Dobby is obviously very deep in the Malfoy secrets (he knew all about 
> this plan, after all) then I'd trust him on this.
> 
> Joshua Dyal 


  As I recall, Dobby's logic for having denied the involvement of "You-Know-Who" was that the diary belonged to Tom Riddle, and Tom Riddle had not yet become "You-Know-Who." House Elves appear to be very literal thinkers -- Dobby considered himself free simply because he had caught a sock which Lucius threw down. The fact that it wasn't a sock Lucius actually owned, and that he wasn't intentionally given to *anybody* didn't count to Dobby. What mattered was that the a sock, which Lucius did not intend to keep, passed from master's hands directly into elf's hands. He got off on a technicality. Dobby should be a defense lawyer!!