[HPforGrownups] Re: Why didn't Mrs. Figg Mend Her Broken Bone?

[Angela Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 48106

 
 Andrea <ra_1013 at yahoo.com> wrote: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.


ME:  yes this is true.  Really I was trying to explore Mrs. Figg's situation as a guardian.  And the broken leg is an example.  We know that we will find more out about Arabella in future books, so why not delve more deeply into this.  I mean, if she did volunteer to live completely as a muggle cut off from the wizarding world for 16 odd years, that is a HUGE sacrifice.  And it also shows the specific and mysterious nature of DD's protection.  Why couldn't various wizards just stop by?  Or why couldn't Arabella continue her life of magic concealed from Muggles?  I am making an assumption here, but Mrs. Figg's broken leg is mentioned three time in three different chapters in PS.  

Angela