How much does Dumbledore know.

[gingernewt]

No: HPFGUIDX 87071

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Tanya Swaine <swaine.t at x> wrote:
> Was reading GOF again the other day, and this bit of information 
jumped out 
> at me.
> Dumbledore had rescued Harry from Moody fake, and was ordering the 
others 
> round.
> Before he knew who the fake was, he had Winky sent for, while they 
waited 
> for the
> polyjuice to wear off.  That has me wondering, just how lucky a 
guess was that.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Hi Tanya ...

IMHO, I don't think it was a lucky guess - remember Dumbledore 
says "The moment he took you, I knew - and I followed".  Dumbledore 
knew Alastor Moody (the real one) really well, like a good friend, 
and knew that Moody wouldn't have taken Harry out of DD's sight for a 
moment given the enormity of what had just happened.  So he asked 
Snape to fetch Winky so that he could show the others just how the 
deception was done when the Polyjuice potion wore off and Barty 
Crouch was revealed  ...

Jules (aka gingernewt)