How much does Dumbledore know.

[greatlit2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 87091

--- 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?
> 
> Tanya

Dumbledore knew that something odd had happened to Mr. Crouch, who 
mysteriously disappeared into the forest shortly after Harry saw 
him. Winky the house-elf was also behaving strangely. Once, when the 
kids were in the kitchen, Winky mentioned that she was a good house-
elf who kept her master's secrets, especially one very important 
secret. Of course, the kids didn't know what she was talking about, 
but DD may have heard her talk like that as well at some point, and 
he probably suspected that she knew more than what she was letting 
on. Even if the fake Moody wasn't Crouch Jr., DD would still want to 
talk to Winky. Only he didn't need to question her after Crouch 
confessed.

When I first read GoF, I thought that DD wanted Winky to hear 
everything so that she could see what kind of people she had served. 
Winky was horrified and hopefully repulsed by the behavior of her 
former master, and perhaps that will help her get over the past and 
move on with her life. She didn't make much progress in OoP, 
according to Dobby, but maybe in the future she will.

greatlit2003
looking forward to meeting the other A. Dumbledore