[HPforGrownups] Re: R.A.B.? Not Regulus Black!!

[Mrs. Hermione Snape]

No: HPFGUIDX 133145

"Rowen" wrote:
> As for your guess that the RAB is Borgin, the problem is that he has
> no motivation to destroy the locket.  Borgin is clearly a dark
> wizard, and deals with DEs every day. 

I don't know of a motivation, but the contrast between how Borgin acts
in front of Death Eaters and behind their backs is quite striking. 
Our experiences with Borgin in both CoS and HBP show this.

> Why would he want to risk
> alienating his best clients by trying to kill LV?  

If done in complete secrecy, it wouldn't alienate his clients.  Also,
this is merely speculation, but if he believes Voldemort is worth
destroying, he would probably value this goal more than business
success.

>Also, RAB says he
> will soon be dead, and mister Borgin is very much alive.

True, but there is no way of knowing how long ago the locket had been
switched.  And he might have assumed Voldemort would have noticed if a
piece of his soul had been destroyed, and predicted that he would die
soon.  Regardless of how he reached the conclusion that he would die
soon, he might have been wrong.


Mrs. HS