Does Malfoy own the Riddle House?

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 112212

In a message dated 9/6/2004 11:24:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:

> 
> 
> womanofdunedain wrote:
> >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', though nobody was very clear what these
> >might be.
> >
> >I just thought I would throw it up here and see if anyone else
> >agrees.
> >
> >
> 
> Terpnurse:
> It had always been my assumption that The Wealthy Man was Malfoy. That 
> would be consistent with his having his financial finger in almost 
> every major pie in the UK WW. Certainly, if he were close enough to LV 
> to have possession of his school belongings, why not hold the Riddle 
> House in trust for him as well?

Juli says:

That does seem to be a likely assumption. But likely assumptions
often turn out to be wrong in JKR's world. It would be more interesting 
if the "wealthy man" turned out to be Dumbledore. Why he would be 
holding it, I don't know, but the reason would be fascinating I'm sure!

The other likely possibility is that this was a throwaway line, there
to explain why the house was vacant and available for Voldemort to
use, and the wealthy man is some anonymous muggle we'll never
hear referred to again.

Juli


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