Dobby revisited

[silver_owl_01]

No: HPFGUIDX 83540

Kneasy wrote:
> > Why should a sock from a stranger have this significance? But if 
Harry is family then Dobby's cry of "Harry Potter set Dobby free!" 
has real significance, because unless he is family he can't possibly 
set Dobby free, only Malfoy can. And I don't believe unknowingly giving 
a sock from a stranger would do the trick. < <

Corinth:
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> Apparently, he could leave the Malfoys for good at any time, but he 
> knows the rules and therefore returns.  However, he desperately wants 
> to leave, and so the Malfoys are very careful not to let him have 
> anything resembling clothes for fear he will leap at the opportunity.  
> In the end, an inadvertantly tossed sock that Malfoy possessed for all 
> of one second was enough to free Dobby.  Would it have been enough to 
> release another elf? Probably not.  Most elves would see it as an 
> accidental occurence, not intentional giving of clothes, and would 
> therefore continue in service.    

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Were forgeting a little detail. In OotP Sirius says that almost all 
the pureblood wizard families are interconnected by marriage or 
blood, the most fanatically racist more than any, given how few 
choices there were available for marriage. Every pureblood is 
probably related in one degree or another to every other. 

Given how inbred the purebloods must be, it's not too far fetched to 
assume that James could've been related to the Malfoys in some 
degree, hence Dobby could justify himself about going to Harry. 

"silver_owl_01"