[HPforGrownups]: Clunking Moody (was Breaking into Snape's office)

[DMCourt11 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 32970

In a message dated 1/7/02 3:05:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Edblanning at aol.com writes:


> The torches were still burning and the cupboard door still open not through 
> Crouch-Moody's carelessness or confidence at not being caught, but because 
> *he was still there*, hidden under this invisibility cloak. 
> 
> This explains why we don't hear Moody clunking along until after Snape 
> arrives on the scene : he lesft the office after Snape, not before. (It 
> doesn't explain why Snape didn't hear him clunk into the office, but maybe 
> he 
> muffled the artificial leg and in any case Snape is probably used to him 
> clunking around at all hours.)
> 
> 
 Good idea, and it got me thinking why Snape didn't hear him clunking.  Since 
Crouch does have an invisibility cloak, maybe it's easier to skip his potion 
when he's using it.  He can get around faster certainly without a wooden leg. 
 When he wants to reappear, all he has to do is take a swig from Moody's hip 
flask, wait for the transformation, and whisk off the cloak.

 If Crouch goes around invisibly as himself, it also gives even more of a 
reason for the travelling cloak, as he has to store not only the invisibility 
cloak afterwards, but the wooden leg and magic eyeball  he'll need when he 
takes the potion.

Donna


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