Why did Dumbledore call for Winky?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 125429


Richard Jones wrote:
> At the end of GOF, after the fake Mad-Eye Moody was caught but before 
> the polyjuice portion had worn off and he changed back to Barty 
> Crouch, Jr., Dumbledore had Winky brought from the kitchen.  How did 
> he know that Winky would know anything about what was going on?  
> There was no apparent reason to suspect that the Crouch family was 
> involved.  So what did Dumbledore know and when did he know it?

Carol responds:
I wrote a long post (number 123284) attempting to analyze how much
Dumbledore knew about the imposter and his true identity back in
January. You may be interested in it and the responses it generated:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/123284

My theory was that Dumbledore had grounds for suspicions about
Crouch!Moody from very early on but that he either wasn't absolutely
certain of the imposter's identity or didn't have the means to prove
it until the moment of epiphany when Crouch!Moody disobeyed a direct
order and left the maze with Harry.

Both Steve (bboy-mn) and Pippin provided alternative versions of parts
of my theory showing that DD could plausibly have suspected either
Crouch Sr. or even Crouch Jr. before that time.

I suggest reading the whole thread. You may not agree with our
conclusions, but it may give you some theories of your own.

Carol, who is glad to be home from Costa Rica but knows she'll never
get caught up on posting *this* time!