Order Only: Apparently our rejoicings were premature

[alt_arthur]

MLE has just announced that Barty Crouch, Jr is alive.

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[alt_sirius]

It's most likely she heard about Barty and offed herself. Dora says the one constant in Mrs Crouch's life was her devotion to her son. Disconsolate, I reckon. If the stories about her jumping were true, anyway.

Or maybe the old man did it to be rid of an albatross.