Mundungus and the Locket

[Rachael]

No: HPFGUIDX 147709

Jennifer Nielsen wrote:
>
> I'm sure this is obvious to everyone out there but me, but in a re-
> read of HBP, when Harry catches Mundungus with the things he had
> "nicked" from Grimmauld Place, he sees him with a silver locket. I
> don't read that he ever saw Mundungus with the locket. Why is it
> suspected that he has that? Also, any chance he could have seen
> Hufflepuff's cup there?
>


I don't think Harry ever saw Dung with the locket, but there are a few
reasons why he might have it...

    * it brings a prupose to the whole plot line about him stealing
things from Grimmauld Place

    * he is in Azkaban and that is a place we have read about a lot, but
never seen; if he has the locket, the readers may actually get to visit
the wizard prison in the next book

    * Dung is friends with Aberforth and him having the locket might
bring him into the picture; JKR has said that Dumbledore's family is a
"profitable line of inquiry"

I also think the silver locket he has might be a hint. There are lots of
different lockets in the last book: the real Horcrux locket, the cursed
locket, the fake locket in the cave, and now this one. I think the
reference to the silver locket is a little hint that Dung has the
Horcrux locket even though it is heavy and gold, not silver.

Rachael