Dobby revisited

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 83609

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lady Pensieve" 
<ladypensieve at y...> wrote:

Kathy wrote:
> My personal belief is that in book 7 we will discover that Dobby 
was the Potter's House Elf.  Since the house was destroyed and he 
had no place to go...Dumbledore managed to find a way to place him 
with the Malfoys.
> 
<snip> 
> Years later when Dobby heard Harry's name, he knew it was up to 
him to do something to save his true 'master'.
> 
> Perhaps this will also answer the question of some of the 'missing 
> time' from the first book.

For a long time I was convinced that the Potters and Malfoys were 
(closely) related and that was why Dobby was able to visit Harry.  
But if the families were close enough for Dobby to visit Harry the 
way Kreacher visited Narcissa, then surely Draco would have let the 
information slip sometime already.  And if the Potters were his 
original family, why hasn't Dobby "returned" to Harry?  Is it 
because he is still a minor?

The Evans, OTOH, would be a different matter.  I've posted before 
that I think there are wizards/witches several generations back i 
the Evans family.  Draco may not know of a connection between his 
family and the Evans, so couldn't let it slip.  Dobby would feel the 
connection to Harry, but is staying with the Malfoys until Harry 
leaves school.  He is smart and would have been listening for any 
information the Malfoys would drop in conversaton about the Potters, 
so knew that Harry was "great."

Kathy may be onto something. If Dumbledore placed Dobby with the 
Malfoys, it may be that either Dumbledore knew Petunia would not 
accept Dobby, or that Petunia refused to have Dobby around.

Just how old is Dobby anyway?

Ravenclaw Bookworm