Cold case files - The Riddle Case

[mayeaux45]

No: HPFGUIDX 106999

Wanda <wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
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> 2.  The maid found them in the morning, in the drawing room, still
> dressed in their dinner clothes. <snip> what was the usual pattern:  
> people would dress, then go down and eat dinner, then...go to the 
> drawing room?  Was that normal?  <snip>
> 
> 3.  The cook must have cooked the dinner, and I suppose also cleaned 
> up after.  So there was no one else eating with the Riddles, or she
> would have known.  And nothing unusual happened while the servants
> were around.
>
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> 5.  <snip> Did the servants sleep in the house, or did they come and 
> go every day?  If they were IN the house, then three murders took 
> place without anyone hearing any disturbance.  The cook assumes it's 
> because they were all asleep, but why were all 3 Riddles up so late, 
> fully dressed, in the drawing room instead of going to bed like the 
> rest of the household?  


Good post Wanda!  As far as I know, the servants can leave whenever 
they are dismissed.  The Riddles could have been murdered that same 
night.  The cook MUST have found them the following morning, so 
therefore, they really weren't up late at all.  The Riddles could 
have retired to the drawing room and in doing so, dismissed the 
servants for the evening.  It's during this time that we (the 
readers) are confused about what really transpired.  I've read GoF a 
few times and I'm confused about one part of the Riddle 
murders...the book said 3 Riddles.  The Mother, Father, and...Tom?  
But Tom Marvolo Riddle is Lord Voldemort, so.......I'm confused!  
Who are the 3 Riddles?  P.S. This was probably obvious and I just 
missed it, so please be gentle if that is the case. If not, some 
serious critical thinking is an order!


> Meri now: 
> <snip> What if young Tom revealed himself to his long-lost father 
> and grandparents before killing them? What if there was a sort of 
> confrontation, where Tom enters the house (or is let in by the 
> Riddles on false pretenses), says something along the lines of, 
> "Hey, Dad, I'm your long lost son, where the hell have you been for
> the last seventeen years?" and then proceeds to have a little fun 
> with his wand and his hated Muggle family. <snip>

O.K. some questions of mine seemed to have been answered with this 
particular post. It's been a while since I've read CoS...did JKR 
mention in the book that Tom's dad left his mother after he found 
out she was a witch. Because that would explain it! I didn't come 
to the conclusion by reading that chapter in GoF that the 3 Riddles 
were Tom's father and his grandparents....
P.S. Maybe I should read CoS to find some more hidden 
clues...apparently I've missed something! :(

Mayeaux45