Is Dobby a good house elf/short?

[kellybroughton at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 36785

>"It state in COS chapter two--- "The Wizard family
>Dobby serves, sir... DObby is a house-elf... bound to
>serve one house and one family forever."
>
>and since later we find out that he's Malfoys elf... I
>dont think he could be the Potters old elf."

>adrienne
>

Well.... I wonder. If Dobby truly *is* the Malfoys' house-elf, theirs alone and always will be, WHY then would he make the effort to go to Harry on his own initiative(?) and try to keep Harry from going back to Hogwarts in order to save Harry? In other words, why would Dobby *care* whether Harry goes back or not? Dobby makes it quite clear that the Malfoys don't even know what he's doing, and if they ever find out, they'll put him in a serious hurt.(Refer to Cos, page 14.) I am of the mind that there's something going on to make Dobby go against his nature (being a "good house-elf") that forces him to make such a bold action. Could the reason possibly be that, by going to Harry without the Malfoys' knowledge and/or permission, that Dobby actually IS being a "good house-elf"?

Just something to ponder.


"I have read GoF and CoS each about three times and nowhere 
>can I find out how tall they are. In GoF, Winky comes into Moody's 
>office behind Snape and she is standing behind him and I think she is 
>up to his knees (?) Which makes me think that Dobby and Winky are 
>about three feet tall, but does anyone else know.  Thanks"
>
>Betsy


If it's true that Winky comes up to Snape's knees, then she must be about a foot and a half or so- three feet tall (a meter or yard) would be about waist height.

-kel



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