Mrs Figg Questions

[gishstar1]

No: HPFGUIDX 56900

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "guardianapcelt" 
<guardianapcelt at y...> wrote:
>On page 31 of SS it mentions Dudley knocking down "old Mrs. Figg, 
>as she crossed private drive on her crutches." I know it's been 
>established that she is a wizard, so I'm curious as to why she was 
>on crutches in the first place. 
                            -snip- 
>Why was Mrs. Figg's leg not healed then? If she is, as has been 
>suggested, Harry's Secret Keeper while he's at the Dursley's, she 
>could just have been keeping to her cover story when she went to 
>check up on him, but did she really allow her leg to heal in the 
>muggle manner to keep up a cover story?
                            -snip- 
>So how is she to know how long it would take a broken leg to heal 
>using muggle methods? - Joe

How strange.. I was just thinking the same thing today. But I have a 
theory. I don't believe a lot of people in her neighborhood knows 
that she is a witch. In a small neighborhood everyone knows pretty 
much everyones business. So if they knew that she broke her leg, and 
then saw her the next day walking around as if she hadn't broken her 
leg the neighborhood would be suspicious. Heck, I would be 
suspicious too. So I think she could have had it healed, and then 
had a fake cast pretending to have a broken leg. OR like you said 
had it heal the traditional muggle way.

As far as her knowing how long it takes to heal a bone the muggle 
way they do have "Muggle Studies" at Hogwarts. So there is a chance 
she took that course when she attended school and they may study how 
long it takes muggles to heal from injuries and the such. 

Ari.