Cornelius Fudge proceeds to interrogate Harry and
Dumbledore and finally finds prove for his suspicion in the list of participants
of Dumbledore’s Army which has been discovered. Dumbledore pretends to be the
one who has asked Harry to form this organisation in order to protect him from
an expulsion which provides Fudge with the necessary confession to arrest
Dumbledore: “‘Well, well, well – I came here tonight expecting to expel Potter
and instead – ‘ ‘Instead you get to arrest me,’ said Dumbledore, smiling. ‘It’s
like losing a Knut and finding a Galleon, isn’t it?’”[1]
This
proverb finds its origin in the phrase ‘losing a quid and finding a fiver’. A
quid is the colloquial expression for a pound whereas a fiver refers to a five
pound note. It is used when someone wants to explain that he might have lost
something or not been able to achieve something but has got something more valuable
in turn and has, thus been more successful than he expected.[2]
The same applies in the wizarding
world. While the Galleon is the most valuable coin and is made of gold, the
Sickle is made of silver. 17 Sickles make a Galleon. The third coin is called
Knut and is made of bronze. 29 Knuts make a Sickle which means that you have to
exchange 493 Knuts in order to get one Galleon in return.[3] The
enhancement in value between a Knut and a Galleon is, for that reason,
enormous. This means, that the arrest of Albus Dumbledore has a much greater
importance to Fudge than the simple expulsion of Harry Potter.
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