the man with the hearing trumpet

[mari]

No: HPFGUIDX 119751



Mari
My son is re-reading OOP, while I am rereading GOF.  Together we made an interesting discovery.

You first hear of Broderick Bode in GOF as Arthur is pointing our members of the Ministry to the children, at the World Cup, but only by his last name.

In OOP at St. Mungo's, when they are going to see Arthur.
"A very old, stooped wizard with a hearing trumpet had shuffled to the front of the queue now.
"I'm here to see Broderick Bode!" he Wheezed."

The next day the children are sitting in the same room as that Bode is residing in. They don't recognize him (not surprsingly since they only saw Bode in passing the year before, plus they are dealing with Lockhart.).

Later in the book, when Bode's death is announced, the children put it together.

My son wondered if the old man was actually sent to find out where they were keeping Bode.  Or could have been the killer.  The plant got on the ward, without anyone seeing it, except the main healer of the ward?  That is a little odd.  Of course it did strike me that most of the staff was either too busy, or too dismissive to realy notice little things.

So this is my son's theroy (which got me thinking.) The old man was a decoy sent to either drop off the plant or to find out where to send the plant. Good possiblity that it might have been someone in disguise.