Who owns this silly house?

[Melody <Malady579@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49748

David said:
> The question has significant implications, since if it is Malfoy, it
> probably implies he has remained loyal to Voldemort,

I did not think there was that much doubt as to whether Malfoy stayed
loyal to Voldemort.  There may be questions on whether Malfoy is
taking orders from him, but loyal?  He definitely is that.

After the diary plot is revealed, it seems evident he never even lost
his footing.  So since we know he has at least one of Voldemort's
heirlooms and probably more by Dumbledore's hints, why is it too far a
stretch to think he would "collect" Voldemort's house as well.

Time does pass in the Riddle house's story with a few families living
and keeping old Frank Bryce around.  Aren't they kind?  So then, the
last family leaves the house, and out of nowhere, some "wealthy man"
comes and buys the place.  He bought it without any townsperson seeing
who he was, meaning he seems to have never gone and visited it to
appraise his purchase, and then leaves it there.  A "wealthy man" who
has a heart enough to let Bryce stay around and live there.  Not like
Bryce is that good at what he does, so it really is out of sympathy
that the wealthy man lets him stay there and pays him.

Would Malfoy have that much heart?  He is not letting Bryce stay there
because he is a good gardener and fixer.  If he just wanted a guy to
keep the place acceptable, then he would of fired Bryce and hired some
other chap.  So then, why keep Bryce?  Not like Voldemort commanded
Malfoy to do it.  Why would Voldemort want Bryce around that long?  He
killed him pretty fast in the first chapter.  No pity there.

I might fall for this Malfoy owning the house if he did not also have
to pay for Bryce.  Is there any reasonable reason he would do that?  I
can think of none.  Bryce can't even keep kids out of the house.


To quote the whole of what David said:
> The question has significant implications, since if it is Malfoy, it
> probably implies he has remained loyal to Voldemort, and therefore
> there is a degree of deception going on in the graveyard scene, and
> therefore that Voldemort thinks there is a chance Harry will escape,
> and hence into Pip's whole Spying Game/MAGICDISHWASHER scenario.

That line of logic takes some *huge* leaps I think.  Malfoy owning the
Riddle house does not "confirm" really anything about MD.  But I like
the way your mind thinks.  ;)


Melody