TBAY: extra canon for safe house/MAGIC DISHWASHER and elf rights revisited

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 46540

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Grey Wolf" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
[Re-Englishing the original], which for your convenience I 
reproduce here:

Harry-
I'm flying north immediately. This news about your scar is the 
latest in a series of strange rumours that have reached me here. 
If it hurts again, go straight to Dumbledore -- they're saying he's 
got Mad-Eye out of retirement, which means he's reading the 
signs even if no one else is.

I'll be in touch soon. My best to Ron and Hermione. Keep your 
eyes open, Harry.

Sirius
UK hardcover GoF p 199


> 
> However, even more intriguing is that very first comment: " a 
series of   of strange rumours that have reached me here". We 
know that Sirius is in some tropical paradise, with huge 
multicoloured birds. What kind of  rumour would arrive there? <<


Er...how about the newspapers? The disappearance of Bertha 
Jorkins and the disturbances at the World Cup were both 
reported in the Daily Prophet. Sirius also could have heard from 
Dumbledore himself or from a Muggle newspaper about the 
disappearance of Frank Bryce in Little Hangleton. He'd be able to 
correlate that with the date on which Harry felt his scar hurt, 
which no doubt was the deciding factor in persuading him to 
return.

Pippin
reminding Grey Wolf that much of intelligence work is realizing 
the significance of "white world" published information.