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Some theorists believe that Dumbledore used the "Kreacher test" not only to see whether Number 12 Grimmauld Place actually belonged to Harry, rather than Bellatrix Lestrange (Sirius' cousin), but also as a means to determine whether Sirius' younger brother, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Regulus Black|Regulus Black]], was still alive. (It will be learned in the next book that Regulus is the mysterious R.A.B. who had left a note that is found at the end of this novel.) This test may be inconclusive, as the tradition is that property, such as a house, is directly handed down the male family line from eldest to eldest. If there is a charm meant to ensure this (what is called "entailment" in the UK) its parameters are unknown; it is possible that the charm ensuring this, if there was one, would prevent a lateral transfer from the eldest male child, once he had come into his inheritance, to his younger brother. It is also possible that the entailment, if there was one, simply ended when the male Black line did. There is no way of knowing; we only know that the house and property passed successfully to Harry on Sirius' death.
 
Magic is performed in this chapter, yet Harry does not receive correspondence from the Ministry of Magic pertaining to this. There are a number of possible explanations for this: perhaps Scrimgeour does not want to make Harry dislike him as he encourages Harry to give the wizarding public moral support later in the book; perhaps Scrimgeour does not want to alienate Dumbledore because Scrimgeour has only recently become Minister and may wish to seek advice from Dumbledore; or perhaps the Ministry is too preoccupied with the actions of Voldemort and the Death-Eaters that underage magic performed in a Muggle dwelling has taken a back seat.
 
While the Ministry is busily making Harry a hero in the press, we don't see them approaching Harry directly to get his support. We will find out that this is because the Ministry had first approached Dumbledore, as Dumbledore was shielding Harry from Ministry visitations, and Dumbledore had rebuffed them. The Ministry, in the person of Minister for Magic [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rufus Scrimgeour|Rufus Scrimgeour]], will approach Harry directly [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 16|at Christmas this year]]. Dumbledore will [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 17|later]] reveal that there had been two similar attempts previously, which he had blocked: first when [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Cornelius Fudge|Fudge]] had attempted to rope Harry in to shore up his crumbling hold on power, and then in the early days of Scrimgeour's administration. There will be a final attempt made by Scrimgeour [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 30|after Dumbledore's funeral]], but then, as earlier, Harry will rebuff him.