Hogwarts House-elves (wasRe: Kreacher the Plot Device Elf

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 161836


> PforParvati:
> Hi..I have one doubt here. How did Dumbledore know in advance that 
> Winky would be needed there? I mean Dumbledore realised that it was a 
> fake Moody. But how did he relate it to Crouch & Winky before 
> polyjuice potion wearing off.

Pippin:
Sirius is probably the missing link here. He knew that Harry had seen
Bartemius Crouch on the Map, burgling Snape's office. We also know
that Sirius was in contact with Dumbledore (quoting from memory,
"You are not Sirius's only correspondent.") 

Pippin