Fudge's Plan

ats_fhc3 the.gremlin at verizon.net
Sun Oct 20 21:31:07 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 45607

So I'm re-reading GoF, and I was wondering, has anyone considered 
the fact that Fudge knowingly brought the Dementor up to see Crouch 
Jr., so that he could destroy the only person who could give a 
believable testimony to V-Mort's return? 

By the time Snape goes to summon Fudge, Fudge had already heard a 
little bit about V-Mort being involved with the events of the night, 
and he feared that Crouch Jr. would, in fact be able to give a 
believable testimony and he was just hoping that by destroying the 
only capable witness, this whole V-Mort thing would just all go 
away. 

"By all accounts, he's no loss!" blustered Fudge. (pg. 703, US 
Paperback)

The passage following that goes like this:
"But he cannot now give testimony, Cornelius," said Dumbledore. He 
was staring hard at Fudge, as though seeing him plsinly for the 
first time. "He cannot give evidence about why he killed those 
people."

DD is staring hard at Fudge because he realized that Fudge is bent 
on ignoring this all, and that he knew the Dementor would preform 
it's kiss. And, Fudge's taglines on this page are 'blustered', and 
when someone blusters, they are usually searching for words to say.

So, how's the theory? 

-Acire, who found Fudge for 3 dollars per 1/4 pound yesterday...and 
was appalled! Fudge is worth so much less than that! (On a side 
note, I bought some, and it's really good.)







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