Snape & the Order; Snape & Lily; predictions...

[Devon]

No: HPFGUIDX 133082

Quoted from Rosmerta_Pince

"> QUESTIONS:
> - Would Voldemort try to make another Horcrux since he knows the 
> diary was destroyed?  Harry could be facing five, not four."

Do you think Voldemort knows about the diary?  After all, it contained
a portion of his soul, but not the portion that is in his body.  I
don't know if there are connections between the soul pieces in each
Horcrux, but even if there are, I don't think Voldemort would
inherently know that two of them have been destroyed.  He's not so
good with the gut feelings...or any feelings in general, really.

Another question is: would Dumbledore start the process of destroying
all of the Horcruxes if it were easy for Voldemort to find out and put
a stop to it?  It would make more sense to do it the other way around,
if that were the case - kill Voldemort, and then finish it by
destroying the Horcruxes.  

I have searched through my books and I do not see a place where
Voldemort mentions the diary (and we didn't know about the ring until
HBP, obviously).  The Weasleys, Harry, Hermione and Dumbledore are
obviously highly unlikely to mention anything.  And the only others
that would know who are close enough to tell him are the Malfoys and
Snape.  If Snape is indeed still on the good side (as we all suspect
and desperately hope!), then he wouldn't have said anything.  And I
doubt Lucius Malfoy would want to call attention to it being HIS fault
that Voldemort was yet again thwarted by Harry Potter.  No, I suspect
that Voldemort will figure out in book seven that Harry is in the
process of destroying his precious Horcruxes.  Pretty good motivation
for taking out Lucius in addition to Harry, really.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Devon