Ponderables...

[James Redmont]

No: HPFGUIDX 83222

 
> Geoff:
> Yes, I'd forgotten that.
> 
> Without living up to your ID name then, are you suggesting that 
> Riddle was possessing her literally and therefore he was producing 
> the Parseltongue needed? He does say "she strangled.." etc. and 
> not "I made her strangle..." or "I possessed her so that she would 
> strangle...."
> 
> Your next postcard?

james redmont:

Yes he said that, but unless I'm wrong, he was trying to get a rise 
out of Harry by saying it.  Riddle couldn't have done it alone, I'm 
guessing, because he was only a memory.  And yes, he possessed her 
literally because she said he did in OotP.  She blacked out and 
couldn't remember what was going on for short periods of time.

James