Of Harry and House-elves

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 67869

Hi all, 

Still attempting to keep up which is an on-going, very difficult 
process.

Anyway, I was reading PG Wodehouse's "Carry On, Jeeves"  (which has 
no relation to HP at all, I know) and came across this sentence which 
made sit up and say OY!

Bertie Wooster discovers that his valet, Meadowes, has been nicking 
things of his and writes:

"It transpiring, moreover, that he had looted a lot of other things 
here and there about the place, I was reluctantly compelled TO HAND 
the misguided blighter THE MITTEN..."  (caps are mine)

He sacks the fellow, obviously, and the phrase he uses parallels 
house-elf sacking--giving him clothes!  Is this (or was this) a 
common phrase used for firing someone and could this be where JKR 
came up with the idea for handing house-elves *real* clothes?  

So what do y'all think?

And on Harry.  I had postulated on this in an earlier post, but I 
think it got lost in the deluge, so I re-postulate it here.

I noticed that in many cases before Harry had a Voldy-induced 
dream/vision, it was mentioned that he felt sick to his stomach.  Two 
notable cases happen in Chapter 24 "Occlumency" and in Chapter 
26 "Seen and Unforeseen."

In Ch. 24 (p538, US ed) "Harry felt shivery, his scar was still 
aching, he felt almost feverish."  Later we read (p540) "Harry did 
not answer; he was still feeling ill."  He passes out to 
hear "maniacal laughter" and knows that Lord V is happy about 
something.

In Ch. 26 just before the Rookwood Crucio dream (p584)it is mentioned 
that "He also felt slightly sick."

It doesn't mention if he felt ill prior to his vision that Mr. 
Weasley is attacked, but then he had a head full of Cho-snogging 
thoughts.  And he does become physically sick afterwards.  I haven't 
been able to find anymore references to his feeling ill elsewhere, 
but  I remember that this leapt out at me when I read it the first 
time (in a vague "does his feeling sick mean anything?" way) and I 
definitely looked out for it during the re-read.  I don't know if 
Harry ever made the connection, but I noticed it, especially after 
the Occlumency lessons started. His head was so full of thoughts and 
sometimes he had the dreams and sometimes not, but if he didn't feel 
sick, I did not worry--no possession dreams for Harry!

So, am I the only one who noticed, and could this be important for 
the future?

Trina