Another potions expert?

[Jaimee]

No: HPFGUIDX 59084

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tepmurt9981" <tepmurt at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jaimee" <jmeec316 at a...> 
wrote:
> > Ersatz Harry wrote:
> > 
> > > > Just out of curiosity, who do you suppose is keeping Lupin 
> > supplied
> > > > with his werewolf prevention potion these days?  
> > 
> > > > 
> > Jaimee suggests:
> > 
> > What about Arabella Figg? I mean...her house does smell like 
cabbage. 
> > And this smell is associated with potions! And she was one of 
> > the "Old Crowd" and quite possibly friendly with Lupin...
> > 
> > Just a thought :)
> > Jaimee
> 
> tepmurt replies:
> 
> I had thought that the cabbage smell was polyjuice potion.  This is 
not to say 
> that Arabella couldn't be supplying Lupin w/ wolfsbane potion, 
however there 
> is still the aspect of cost.  If wolfsbane is so expensive then how 
could she 
> afford to keep purchasing the required ingredients?  Also, why has 
Harry 
> never noticed Lupin, or _someone_ unusual, going and coming from 
this old 
> lady's house?  He does say that she lives alone, and I would 
imagine frequent 
> visits from an unknown visitor being noticed (especially w/ nosey 
Aunt 
> Petunia).
> 
> tepmurt

And Jaimee retorts:

I know the cabbage smell has been discussed at length on here. 
However, I am going to highlight some of this again. In PS/SS (p. 81 
US hardback) Harry notices that the Apothecary smells of "a mixure of 
bad eggs and rotten cabbages." The polyjuice potion is described as 
smelling of cabbages. And Harry also notes that Mrs. Figg's "whole 
house smelled of cabbage (p. 22 SS hardback)."

I have my doubts as to whether Mrs. Figg herself is using the 
polyjuice potion, but that doesn't mean she isn't using potions at 
all! She must be skilled at something to be one of Dumbledore's "Old 
Gang," so why not speculate that she has skills with potions. And 
that is one reason she is positioned to help protect Harry when he's 
away from Hogwarts. 

And Dumbledore request to Sirius placed Lupin in the infamous "old 
gang" as well, so we know that Lupin and Figg are at least 
associates. Maybe Dumbledore would ask her for such a favor as 
tending to Lupin's monthly needs.

Also, remember that Mrs. Figg lives "two streets away (p.22 SS)" from 
Privet Drive (perhaps on Magnolia Crescent?? it *is* "several streets 
away (p.31 PoA US hardback)" from Privet Drive as well...) So there 
is no reason to assume Petunia or Harry keeps tabs on who comes and 
goes from Mrs. Figg's house. And....one could always apparate to the 
other's home...or travel by Floo Powder...and the neighbors would 
never need to know.

Smiles,

Jaimee
--who still thinks all of the wizards helping protect Harry drop by 
Figgs house from time to time so she can transfigure them (or use a 
potion to turn them) into cats so they can check up on Harry. These 
frequent visitors are believed to include Dumbledore, Snape, and 
Lupin <--Lupin, as well as others who were friends with Harry's 
parents, *are* concerned about their deceased friends' only son and 
have been since that horrible Halloween night soon to be 14 years 
ago...We just aren't aware all of this goes on because Harry himself 
doesn't know yet ;-)