[HPforGrownups] Slytherins heir? Says who?

[Heather Gauen]

No: HPFGUIDX 43612

> Eloise:
> Ah...but assuming his mother had also been at
> Hogwarts, there were likely to 
> be other students who knew her family, some of the
> staff were likely to have 
> known her. Perhaps the old head of Slytherin house
> quietly took him aside one 
> day and told him.
> I think there are ways he could have found out.

Now me-
It makes sense that Riddle's mother could have been at
Hogwarts and therefore the staff knew her. However,
does that nessecarily mean that her heritage is common
knowledge? I suppose it's possible, but that in itself
creates a larger problem. How could Tom have gotten
away with what he did if anyone *knew* he was
Slytherin's heir? The atmosphere at the time of the
first Chamber opening was obviously nervous and
frightened, judging by the fact that someone died and
they talked about closing the school. In a situation
like that, wouldn't *anyone* have come forward and
told? Hagrid may have made a suspicious candidate with
all his freakish pets, but he certainly isn't more
suspicious than someone who is *known* to be the heir!

Heather :)


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