Sirius clearly had no idea that the Moody he was talking about was not actually Moody, and Su Er had no intention of revealing Barty Crouch Jr.'s impersonation of Moody just then.
"Besides, Dumbledore is still in the Castle. He won't let anything happen to you."
Dumbledore's name carried considerable weight, and Harry calmed down a little. "Are you saying Dumbledore knows about this?"
"He's a very clever man. I don't think this could escape him," Sirius said meaningfully.
"But why would he?" Harry was full of doubts. "I mean, why hasn't he come forward and said anything? And why would Karkaroff-"
"Evidence," Su Er said. "There's no evidence that Karkaroff did this, unless someone can prove it."
"Then how do you know Karkaroff put my name in? Who told you?" Harry thought quickly and immediately seized on the key point.
"I never said a person told me." Su Er spread his hands. "A house-elf happened to see Karkaroff put a slip of paper into the Goblet of Fire. From that, I guessed that Karkaroff had put your name in."
Harry looked hopefully at Su Er and opened his mouth, but Su Er shook his head and cut him off.
"I know what you're thinking, Harry. It won't work. No one will believe a house-elf, and this isn't solid evidence, unless another person witnessed the whole thing."
"That's why I said-" Hermione suddenly spoke up. "We have to give house-elves a respectable place in wizarding society-I have to take action."
"What?" Sirius blinked in bewilderment.
"S.P.E.W... An organization I founded." Hermione perked up and earnestly introduced Sirius to the club she had founded and its aims.
Sirius kept shaking his head as he listened, then said tactfully to Hermione, "Your idea is a good one, Hermione, but I'd suggest going