Hermione and the Ragged Trousered House-Elves

[sylviablundell2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 77185

OK, I guess I'll have to give you Winky.  To be honest, I'd forgotten 
just how much mayhem she actually set in motion, so I suppose she 
deserved what she got.  She's sad though, isn't she?  Naturally, she 
wont hear any criticism of Crouch.  Apart from her (quite deserved) 
guilt, it goes against the ingrained nature of house-elves to speak 
against their masters.  Even that dangerous red Dobbie feels it 
necessary to punish himself if he lets slip a word that could tell 
against the Malfoys.  Perhaps I'm a bit hard on the elves.  It's just 
that I find something a bit Uriah Heep-like about them.
Absolutely agree about the heads on the wall in the Black House. The 
whole premise is so utterly horrible.  I also agree with people who 
think that we are going to learn a lot more about the elves in the 
last two books.