Mundungus the Mole? ( WAS: Mrs. Figg)

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No: HPFGUIDX 146242

Deb wrote:  
"In OOP (page 22 of the american hardback edition) she says (as she  
and Harry are trying to get Dudley home after the dementor 
attack) ; "Oh my dear, I wish it were so but I'm afraid -- MUNDUNGUS 
FLETCHER, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"
 There was a loud *crack* and a strong smell of mingled drink and 
stale tobacco filled the air as a squat, unshaven man in a tattered 
overcoat materialized right in front of them. ... 
 "'S' up, Figgy?" he said, staring from Mrs Figg to Harry and 
Dudley. "What 'appened to staying undercover?" ...

Now Mundungus was miles away seeing about the pilfered caldrons (and 
apparently having a drink) ... How, then, did Mrs Figg's voice - 
without benefit of megaphone, cellphone, or a magical *Sonorous* 
spell, reach all the way to where he was? She  had previously told 
Harry she had no way to summons anyone from OOP and she was very 
distressed that DD would not hear of the dementor attack quickly 
enough to intervene with the MOM - even said that sending Hedwig  
would not be fast enough. Then, after lambasting MF for being  
absent, she sends him off (by Apparation) with a bug in his ear to 
tell DD and confess his dereliction of duty. Was this "emergency  
magic"? A Squib developing magical powers late in life? Or are all 
the OOP equiped with some type of spell that lets them hear cries  
for help?"


CH3ed:
Yeah, I've often wondered about the timing of Dung's disappearance 
and Harry's dementors attack in OotP. How did Umbridge know when to 
send the dementors to attack Harry when his guard was off chasing a 
bunch of stolen cauldrons? The dementors were sent that same day and 
arrived in the hour Dung was absent...They weren't waiting for Harry 
when he came out of the house.

It could all have been pure coincidence, of course, but it is rather 
conveneint. Dung, being a petty thief that he is, is probably in 
trouble with the law a lot. I wonder if he didn't cut some secret 
deal to get himself out of some legal trouble in telling Umbridge or 
her agent when Harry could be "visited" in private? The dude's 
ethics is clearly suspect (he got such kick out of re-selling some 
stuff he had stolen back to the owner(who was non the wiser for it). 

CH3ed smelling a tobacco-infested mole.