[HPforGrownups] Re: house elves and laundry

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 65690



MadameSSnape at aol.com wrote:

> 
> I've always read it that the clothes had to be literally GIVEN to the house 
> elf - that is, passed from hand to hand, as Lucius does with the sock.  Leaving 
> laundry to be done wouldn't count as "giving".
> 
> Sherrie
> 

Then why they are afraid to clean in Gryffindor Tower any more? What 
Hermione does would not count as "giving".
I also doubt she has an authority to free them anyway, no more than she
could sell Hogwarts equipment.

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Irene