Voldemort's possessions

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No: HPFGUIDX 105485

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
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 Does this not suggest that Lucius is VERY close to 
> Voldemort?  I think it lends support to the theory that had Ginny 
> died, Voldemort himself, not Tom Riddle, would have been made 
> stronger.  I don't see how Lucius would have gotten the diary from 
> Tom and I can't see why Lucius would be motivated to help Tom as 
> opposed to Voldemort.
> 
> Angie


I had wondered that too.  If Tom Riddle had grown stronger through 
the diary, would he be LV or a young TR?

As for Lucius being close to LV, He obviously was in his inner 
circle.  I was also surprised at how easily LV forgave Lucius at the 
circle graveyard meeting (GoF).  This indicated to me, at least, that 
Lucius was close enough to LV that LV overlooked his shortcommings.  
I also think that Lucius is one of the smartest out of the DE's, and 
LV knows this and therefore trusts him with certain stuff.

This is all a huge guess on my part, though.

~Mo