Broderick Bode's visitor

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104157

Dave wrote:
<snip> I have been wondering, since I've never seen the
> name anywhere else, whether Broderick Bode may be a descendant of
the 18th century astronomer Johann Bode, who I gather was sort of a
Gilderoy Lockhart of his time, both in charisma and in taking credit
for other> people's work...
> 
> -- 
> Dave

Carol:
I think Bode's name was chosen simply for its sinister connotations.
The moment I read in GoF that Bode and Croker were Unspeakables, I
felt that things didn't "Bode" well for either of them. (Croker may
also "croak"--forgive the horrible pun, which works in american
English, but I don't know whether it has the same meaning to a British
reader.) Also, wasn't he described as "sepulchral" in the elevator
scene in OoP? Again, the adjective doesn't bode well for Broderick
Bode. At any rate, Bode is not exactly charismatic, whoever his
ancestors may be.

Regarding his visitor (from an earlier post that I snipped), the
visitor may be perfectly innocent since he didn't bring the plant. It
was sent anonymously. Maybe his gift was the calendar with the fnacy
hippogriffs. (?)

Carol, who's pretty sure we haven't heard the end of this incident