The truth.
I suppose I owe you all an explanation of sorts. As to the house elves.
My original aim was simply to give the house elves a little more liberty. For surely, I reasoned, once they had had a taste of freedom, they could not want to exist in the barbaric slavery they do. Unfortunately, I discovered that I had not read the entirety of the page on which I had found the spell. If I had, perhaps this could have all been avoided. But perhaps it is a good thing that what happened did. It has given you all a small and very much diluted sample of what the house elves have to endure day after day after day. Perhaps, after this, you will realise what a worthwhile cause S.P.E.W. is.
When I tried to perform the counter-spell on them, the house elves were less than friendly. I went down to the kitchens but they fired spells at me and I had to duck behind a table to avoid them. Suddenly, though, I heard Professor Dumbeldore's angry voice and the house elves spells ceased immediately. He spoke the words of the spell that I was about to (which leads me to believe that he wanted you to know what life would be like if we didnt have house elves to cook and clean for us) and then smiled at me, said, "Good day Miss Granger" and walked from the kitchens. I left soon after, not wanting to linger.
So all is resolved. But I hope you shall not take the house elves for granted any longer.
And now, I shall have not such a desperate need to be in the library all the time. I am sorry for being gone so much Harry. But I haven't failed to notice some things... I think you and I need to talk at some point in the very near future.
My original aim was simply to give the house elves a little more liberty. For surely, I reasoned, once they had had a taste of freedom, they could not want to exist in the barbaric slavery they do. Unfortunately, I discovered that I had not read the entirety of the page on which I had found the spell. If I had, perhaps this could have all been avoided. But perhaps it is a good thing that what happened did. It has given you all a small and very much diluted sample of what the house elves have to endure day after day after day. Perhaps, after this, you will realise what a worthwhile cause S.P.E.W. is.
When I tried to perform the counter-spell on them, the house elves were less than friendly. I went down to the kitchens but they fired spells at me and I had to duck behind a table to avoid them. Suddenly, though, I heard Professor Dumbeldore's angry voice and the house elves spells ceased immediately. He spoke the words of the spell that I was about to (which leads me to believe that he wanted you to know what life would be like if we didnt have house elves to cook and clean for us) and then smiled at me, said, "Good day Miss Granger" and walked from the kitchens. I left soon after, not wanting to linger.
So all is resolved. But I hope you shall not take the house elves for granted any longer.
And now, I shall have not such a desperate need to be in the library all the time. I am sorry for being gone so much Harry. But I haven't failed to notice some things... I think you and I need to talk at some point in the very near future.