Arthur weasley's Secret & electrical stuff

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No: HPFGUIDX 25611

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> "Haggridd" wrote:
> > Ah, but he does have a secret, which was foreshadowed in GoF.  
> Arthur 
> > Weasley is in reality an Unspeakable from the Department of
> > Mysteries!  His cover is as a low level bureaucrat in the 
Ministry 
> of 
> > magic.   How else would he recognize fellow Unspeakables, who 
> should 
> > be very very secret agents?


 
> Ah, but then he wouldn't blow their cover to a group of children in 
> that way - he'd either introduce them and himself properly as part 
of 
> the war, or keep mum.


It's possible Arthur is an Unspeakable.  Whether he is one or not, I 
wonder why in the world he would tell anyone who these people worked 
for if it was so top secret?

"From the Department of Mysteries, top secret, no idea what they get 
up to..."

I'm sure this was to introduce us to the fact that there is a top 
secret organization that we will hear of again. It's even possible 
that we will hear of Bode and Croaker again. Arthur should have just 
kept quiet *unless* he feels it is important for Harry to know that 
this department exists. 

I personally like Arthur Weasley and I think there is something about 
all those outlets (plugs?) he collects.  He has such an interest in 
electricity and in FB we are introduced to Chizpurfles.  

*In the absence of magic, Chizpurfles have been know to attack 
electrical objects from within (for a fuller understanding of what 
electricity is, see Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles, 
Wilhelm Wigworthy, Little Red Books, 1987).  Chizpurfle infestations 
explain the puzzling failure of many relatively new Muggle electrical 
artifacts.*

Koinonia