[HPforGrownups] Tom Riddle Goes Home

[RoxyElliot at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 138206

 
 
In a message dated 8/20/2005 1:08:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
carodave92 at yahoo.com writes:

When Tom  Riddle first visits the Gaunt house, he meets Uncle Morfin 
for the first  time.  He enters the house, and immediately begins to 
speak to  Morfin...in Parseltongue.  How does he know to do this?   
Wouldn't it be more natural to start in English?  This really bothers  
me and I haven't seen it addressed here.  Any  theories?

Carodave



The Gaunts are his relatives and no doubt he's heard at least  something 
about them.  The family surely would have bee the subject of at  some gossip in 
the Wizarding World.  Also Ridde is a Legilimence.   Even if he didn't know from 
what he'd heard he most likely could've read  Morfin's mind.
 
Roxanne
http://Caffeinatedgeekgirl.typepad.com


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