[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION Chamber of Secrets Ch. 3, The Burrow

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 188772

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Bart Lidofsky <bart at moosewise.com> wrote:
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> potioncat wrote:
> > I think it's very interesting that no one was willing to pay a House elf, though.
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> Which goes to the idea of their being homoculi/golems. If you had a
> computer with a very friendly interface, would you pay it a salary?

It also harks back to the folklore about brownies and similar
creatures, who often take offense and leave if offered any sort of
compensation apart from a bowl of milk.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean56 at gmail.com>