[HPforGrownups] OOP: Re: House Elves and Clothes

[Kimberly Dawkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 65526


On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 11:33  AM, dudemom_2000 wrote:
> *****\(@@)/*****
> Actually, now that I thing about it, Lucius wanted to get rid of the
> book when he handed it to Dobby, not knowing there was the piece of
> clothing in it. Could it be that the intent to "get rid of" or free
> something is more the key to freeing a house elf? Maybe Harry was
> just using a loophole in the system! It also brings up an
> interesting idea - If Hermione can free them by handing over an item
> and telling them they are free, will she get this idea in book 6 or
> 7 and act on it, since leaving things around isn't working?
>
> 	
	
AHA! This might be my first catch in the movie contamination realm : o )

In the book (SS/PS), Harry stuffed the diary in his dirty sock--not the 
sock hidden in the diary trick that was shown in the movie.  Malfoy did 
hand the sock with diary within to Dobby without intending to free the 
elf, but the sock was not hidden from Malfoy and therefore allowed 
Dobby to be freed.

kim