Bode's visitor

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 131011

Hello everyone. I haven't posted much at all as of late, but I am in 
the midst of my pre-HBP reread and I came across a passage in OOTP 
that caught my eye and I wanted to see what the list thought about 
it, even if I'm only pointed towards the thousands of posts that have 
already beaten it to death. 
Anyway, in chapter 22, St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Malladies and 
Injuries, page 486 (US hardback), Harry and the Weasleys are going to 
visit Arthur at the hospital after he was bitten by Voldie!Snake. One 
of the wizards waiting in line at the Welcome Witch's desk is going 
to see Broderick Bode, the Unspeakable whom we later learn was 
Imperioed by Mr. Malfoy into taking the Prophecy from the shelf and 
is eventually throttled by an anonymously sent Devil's Snare 
presumably to keep him quiet about anything that he might know. The 
visitor is described as an "old and stooped wizard with a hearing 
trumpet". 
Now, what I want to know is, who the heck is this guy? It is 
possible, and entirely likely, that it is just one of Bode's 
relations come to cheer him up, but couldn't it also have been a 
disguised DE come to see how he's doing and whether or not he'll need 
to be finished off? Could it possibly be Wormtail under a supremely 
clever disguise? Anyway, I'm probably half-cracked trying to look for 
stuff I haven't spotted yet in my tenth reread, but I thought I'd 
bring it up and see what all you faithful listees have to say. 

Meri - so insanely psyched that there are only 25 days left!!!!