RAB

[vidar_fe]

> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "vidar_fe" <vidarfe@> wrote:
>  
> > While I agree that Regulus is a very likely candidate there is one
> > thing that rouses my suspicion, and that's the fact that the potion is
> > still in place. I mean, the person who took the horcrux, no matter who
> > it is would have had to drink that foul potion, right? And then the
> > potion would be gone, right? (Unless, of course, the basin is
> > self-refilling, but, why should it be?)
> 
> Annemehr:
> In HBP, chapter 22, after Aragog's funeral Harry used the Refilling
> Charm to replenish the wine bottles so Hagrid and Slughorn would
> continue to get drunk. (Schol. p. 487)  Seems like it would work on
> the basin, too.

Vidar:
Oh my, oh my, why didn't I think of that *feels very stupid*. Yes, if
RAB took the truble to bring an extra locket to cover his/her tracks,
it only makes sense to refill the basin as well. I wont discard the
transfigured horcrux!note theory yet, but I guess the only argument is
that DD was seemed very sure that the horcrux actually was in the cave.

> Annemehr:
> Ooooh, we are *so* off-topic for OTC. :>
> 
Vidar:
Too true. We are beeing *so* naughty! ;-)