Karkaroff/Krum/Hermione

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No: HPFGUIDX 37923

This goes back a couple of days, but.... I was thinking about Eloise's 
question (hope I have the attribution right) as I was listening to GoF 
on tape last evening during a walk.  On the train to Hogwarts, 
Hermione and the guys heard Malfoy say something that might also be 
relevant to Karkaroff's dislike of Hermione that I haven't seen anyone 
else mention (although I may have missed it of course): 
        
Chapter 11  "Father actually considered sending me to Durmstrang 
rather than Hogwarts, you know.  He knows the Headmaster, you see.  
Well, you know his opinion of Dumbledore -- the man is such a        
Mudblood lover -- and Durmstrang doesn't admit that kind of 
riff-raff." 
                
Aside from all the other reasons folks have mentioned, he might not 
have liked his star fraternizing with "riff-raff." 

Ruth 
              
Eloise wrote: But how else do you explain that the way Karkaroff looks 
at Victor when he enters the Yule Ball with Hermione is equated with 
the way Ron looks at Hermione?