Chapter Discussion: Goblet of Fire Ch. 6: The Portkey

[Nathaniel]

No: HPFGUIDX 191552



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:

> > 4. The Weasley family doesn't have a lot of extras--so how did they afford all
> > these good tickets. Per canon, they didn't have cheap seats.
> 

Geoff:
> Molly's letter to the Dursleys says:
> '...my husband, Arthur, has just managed to get prime tickets through his connections at the Department of Magical Games and Sports...'
> (GOF "The Invitation" p.32 UK edition)
> 
> Suggests that Arthur may have asked for them as a favour in return for 
> something he did.

Nathaniel:
We have stronger canon than that:
"'I like Ludo,' said Mr Weasley mildly. 'He was the one who got us such good tickets for the Cup. I did him a bit of a favour: his brother, Otto, got into a spot of trouble — a lawnmower with unnatural powers — I smoothed the whole thing over.'" (GoF 5)