Why did Dumbledore call for Winky?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 125433


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?


a_svirn:


Crouch Sr. had vanished from the Hogwarts grounds under the 
extremely fishy circumstances, so there was a very good reason for 
DD to suspect his involvement into this mess. But I think that he 
guessed whom he was dealing with while he listened to the last few 
exchanges between Harry and Crouch-fils. Harry saw the shapes in the 
foe-glass sharpening a few minutes before Moody/Crouch announced 
that he and LV "had the pleasure . . . the very great pleasure ... 
of killing our fathers to ensure the continued rise of the Dark 
Order!" Obviously DD waited for culprit to incriminate himself and 
only then stunned him. After he'd heard his last pronouncement he 
just put two and two together and arrived to the right conclusion. 

Still, it's a good question: "why call for Winky?" Why DD wanted her 
to witness the questioning? It is not immediately clear what he was 
trying to achieve apart from causing her a great deal of distress.  

a_svirn