House elves

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 58078

--- darrin_burnett wrote:
> Say the Weasleys, once they get Percy and the twins out of the house,
> find themselves with more money than they are used to.  Say Arthur
finally
> gives in and gets Molly a house-elf for their retirement years. (They
send 
> the elf away whenever daughter-in-law Hermione comes over -- sorry,
minor 
> Ship attack there.) 

Remember in COS when the Weasley boys are explaining house elves to Harry,
they say something about "they come with old manor houses" or something
like that. (Sorry, in the middle of a move and all my books are packed
up!)  This implies that they ARE in some way bound to the structure, or at
least to the *owners* of the structure.  Perhaps if the Crouches had
moved, they'd had to have either left Winky behind for the new owners or
made special arrangements with them to take her with them. 


Andrea

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