Minor question!

[conuly]

In GoF, FakeMoody asked Dobby to pick up some of his robes for cleaning. Fair enough, Dobby can't exactly be freed this way. But in the next book, we find out that just picking up clothing can free a house elf. Or at least, Hermione thinks so, and she's usually right. Besides, the elves all think it's insulting.

So. Until Dobby got there, who did the laundry? Who does the laundry in Malfoy's house? I can hardly imagine that they do their own.

Comments

[marveen.livejournal.com]

I think the fact that the Professor specified "for cleaning" would eliminate the "gift of clothing" clause. Hermione's hats worked because they weren't designated for cleaning through being placed in the Laundry area (though one might speculate that if an elf just swept the table off and never recognized it as a "hat", it wouldn't work either).