The Riddle House Riddle

[punkieshazam <punkieshazam@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49797

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jodel at a... wrote:
> Who owns the Riddle House?
> 
> Short Answer; Voldemort does.

I agree with you Jodel. I have just reread Chapter I of GoF for the 
976th time (okay, okay maybe the 40th) and on page 1 (all US hardback 
version) we have: 

The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it "the Riddle House", 
even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived 
there.

Then on page 4:

He (Frank) stayed to tend the garden for the next family who lived in 
the Riddle House, and then the next--for neither family stayed long.

Also on page 4 and 5 is the quote that Heidi believes implies that 
Lucius owns the house: The wealthy man who owned the Riddle House 
these days neither lived there nor put it to any use; they said in 
the village that he kept it for "tax reasons".... 

It was this quote and LV's audacity in coming into the house and also 
that Dumbledore apparently subscribes to the Little Hangleton paper 
that made me believe that Tom Riddle the younger claimed the Riddle 
estate and therefore the house. The money made it possible for him to 
travel far and wide and study the dark arts. Nowhere in canon do we 
get any hints at a career path for Voldemort other than being evil. 
It also made it possible for him to relate to Lucius as a rich man. 
Two peas in a pod. If the house has changed hands on paper, then 
Voldie sold it to himself using one of his aliases IMO. Nowhere in 
any of these quotes does it say that the ownership of the house 
changed.  

I agree with Debbie that Frank was kept on because people in the area 
were used to him and it kept curiousity down. 

Ownership of this silly house is about the only thing that can get me 
to delurk.

Punkie

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