house elf without a house

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 143805

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
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> Allie:
> what happens if a wizard family sells their house and moves?  Does 
the elf go with them, or does it keep working in the house?  Suppose 
it stays with the house, but the family moving in is a muggle 
family - then what?
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> Juli: Dobby has the answer for you. In CoS when he first meets 
Harry, he explains that he is bound to a family (in his case, the 
Malfoys), and unless he's given a piece of clothing he has to serve 
them 'til the end of his days. I don't think it really matters where 
the family lives, the "house" elf has yo stay with them. Then, why 
aren't they called "Family" elves?
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> Juli
> Aol: jlnbtr

Allie again:

Maybe I'm being too literal on my re-read of CoS.  Dobby 
says, "Dobby is a house-elf - bound to serve one house and one 
family forever..."  Maybe it should read, "bound to serve one House 
(capital) and one family..."  Later on, Fred/George says, "Mum's 
always wishing we had a house-elf to do the ironing....  House-elves 
come with big old manors and castles and places like that."  To me, 
that indicates literally, the house itself.








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