[HPforGrownups] Re: A Mrs. Figg Sighting?

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 45372

>
> Also, I think it's weird that in GoF when Dumbledore tells Sirius to
> go to Mrs Figg, that Harry didn't associate the name. AND don't you
> think it's strange that she is called MRS Figg? Where is her husband?
> And am I just being stupid? :)
>
> *Rosey*

I think Harry is simply too dazed and exhausted at that moment to make
connections that would really require some thought afterwards. As for the
"Mrs", I read that there used to be a tradition where unmarried women, if
they remain unmarried for their whole life, are called "Mrs" rather than
"Ms" once they reach senior age. Maybe that's the case here?

Of course she could simply be a widow.

Alina of Distant Place
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