Why didn't Mrs. Figg Mend Her Broken Bone?

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 48095

--- "sixhoursahead wrote:
> Has Arabella been forced to live COMPLETELY as a muggle for the last 
> 14 years?  The fact that she didn't mend her broken leg in the 
> privacy of her own home surprises me.  I mean, no one saw her break 
> it, except the cat she tripped over, so why not use magic?  I think 
> it would be interesting that even more than Arabella being there to 
> keep an eye on Harry, she had to actually completely renounce using 
> any and all magic.  Maybe this was the only way for her to "keep off 
> radar", and avoid being attacked by Voldemort or the DEs.

Well, for one thing, that's assuming that Arabella Figg and Mrs.Figg are
the same, which is not a given.  I believe all JKR admitted to in the
interview was that there was a *connection* -- Arabella could be a
Muggle-born witch and Mrs.Figg was her mother or grandmother.

But even assuming that Mrs.Figg IS a witch, there are many valid reasons
for her to still have the "broken leg".  For one thing, we don't know that
no one saw her break her leg.  All we were told was, "Mrs. Figg broke her
leg tripping over one of her cats."  It could have happened on her front
porch with half a dozen witnesses, so she couldn't avoid going to the
hospital.  She might have magically repaired the leg later, but had to
leave the cast on to avoid suspicion from her neighbors.  Also, I'm not
100% convince she actually broke her leg.  She could've had some other
magically-related injury and a cast on the leg was the easiest way to
disguise it.  We just don't know enough about what happened to make too
many assumptions.



Andrea

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