GoF chapter 24-26 Post DH look

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 182056

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> However, my impression is that Snape *know* that "Moody" 
> searched his office. Possibly, Barty Jr. made a point of 
> doing so, with DD's knowledge, with the excuse that Snape 
> was an ex-DE. 


zanooda:

I also think that Crouch!Moody searched Snape's office openly as soon 
as he arrived at Hogwarts, with or without DD's permission. Sirius 
said later that Moody (the real one) probably "searched every single 
teacher's office" (GoF p. 532, Am.ed.), so this would be quite in 
character. I'm not sure that DD would have allowed *that* though.

 
> Carol responds:

> Right. It's not Dobby eavesdropping, exactly. "Moody" summoned 
> him so that he'd overhear the conversation. My question is what 
> he means by "staged." Was McGonagall actually there, or did 
> Crouch!Moody imitate her voice and pretend to have a conversation 
> with her that he made sure Dobby overheard?


zanooda:

I've always believed that the conversation was real. Dobby was in the 
same room, if Mcgonagall wasn't really there, how could he not 
notice :-)? Crouch summoned Dobby to the staff room to collect some 
dirty robes, and then started talking to McGonagall on purpose.


> Carol:

> If Percy is right that Mr. Crouch could speak about a hundred
> languages (I don't recall the exact figure), it seems likely that
> Mermish was one of them. 


zanooda:

According to Percy, Barty Crouch spoke over two hundred languages, 
including Mermish, Gobbledegook and Troll (p. 89). I don't know how 
anyone can learn so many languages, some of then very exotic, if 
languages are not his/her profession. Maybe there is some magic 
involved :-)?