[HPforGrownups] Tom Riddle Goes Home

[laurie goudge]

No: HPFGUIDX 138218



--- carodave92 <carodave92 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?
> 

A smart kid like Tom would have done his homework and
learned all he could about his 'wizarding' family tree
and I am assuming if he figured out he was the 'heir'
to slyerthin and that his forebeares spoke
parseltounge than it'd make sense that his uncle could
too.

Tom Riddle strikes me as someone who would have been
able to figure things out real fast so that would have
been an easy conclusion to come to.

Laurie



		
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