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[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 18120

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., nera at r... wrote:
>   
> 
> Voldemort says concerning Bertha Jorkins:
> "We could have modified her memory? But Memory Charms can be
> broken by a powerful wizard, as I proved when I questioned her. It
> would be an insult to her memory not to use the information I
> extracted from her, Wormtail." 
> 
> I do not understand this paragraph. What did Voldemort mean when he 
> said, "as I proved when I questioned her." ?
> 
> Who had put a Memory Charm on Bertha Jorkins? Why would they have 
put 
> a Memory Charm on her? 
> 
> This is one of those things that I wondered about at the time I 
read 
> it ... then I got distracted and forgot about it.
> 
> Can anyone clear this up for me?
> 
> Doreen

Bertha Jorkins found out that Crouch Snr was hiding Crouch jnr in his 
house.  Therefore Crouch Snr put a memory charm on Bertha - it was 
this that Voldemort broke through.  What puzzles me though, is how 
did he know what to ask??

Catherine