Free Elves Unite

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 37158

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda" <editor at t...> wrote:
> In new positions. House-elves, from the sample we've seen, do NOT 
like to be
> free and unattached. I presume they are taken care of by the House-
Elf
> Relocation Office, which is mentioned in "About the Author" on 
page vi of
> "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." It's just a guess, but 
I'd
> imagine that Office matches up freed elves with appropriate 
locations to be
> bound to.

Hmm.  That raises another question for me: if house-elves don't get 
paid, then how come only rich people have them?  Are they 
purchased?  If so, then where, and from whom?  People who own house-
elves don't seem to show much interest in selling them -- if they 
want to get rid of an elf, they just sack him or her.  So if you win 
a bunch of galleons in the lottery and decide to get an elf for your 
home, where would you pick one up?