Slughorn-He knows too much!

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No: HPFGUIDX 136545

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Samantha" <samwisep at y...> 
wrote:
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I think the reason why Slughorn is SO afraid the Death Eater's might 
get him, is because since LV asked him about the horocrux. So it 
stands to reason Slughorn might remember that, thus Voldie's little 
secret would be out, enabling the OOP to start looking for the 
horocrux. So I think LV wanted to kill Slughorn to shut him up. Like 
a  murder killing off all witnesses. 
Snapeo'phile

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I agree that Voldemort would be happy to have Slughorn out of the way 
to keep him from telling about their little Horcrux-chat.
But in that case - wouldn't Voldemort have tried killing Slughorn way 
back? I mean - when did Voldemort first start out creating the 
Horcruxes? Probably around the age of 16? That was a long, long time 
ago - and Slughorn must have known ever since then..... Has Slughorn 
been in hiding from Voldemort that long (lurking out when Voldemort 
disappeared in '81) ?

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