The Remaining Horcruxes/ Corresponding with Petunia

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 133589

> Roseviolet now writes:
>
> But wouldn't Voldemort have lost one of those horcruxes (himself)
> when he died as a result of the rebounded AK on baby Harry? That
> would leave six.

Richelle writes:

I was assuming that Voldemort had created another Horcrux in the past two 
years.  Which apparently Dumbledore was assuming also.  Which leads to 
another problem.  Does Voldemort know when a Horcrux is destroyed?  Because 
if he is insistant on splitting the soul into seven then Dumbledore (and I) 
assumed wrong.  If instead Voldemort wants there to always be seven parts of 
his soul on Earth, and he knows at least the diary has been destroyed, then 
that would create a never ending supply of Horcruxes, in theory.  So instead 
if we are down to four, which one has Voldemort already used?

And in other things, is Dumbledore's comment to Petunia, "We have 
corresponded, of course" supposed to mean something more than the letter 
left with Harry and the Howler?   Even Harry thought it was an odd way to 
remind her about it.  And the word "correspond" certainly implies more than 
two letters over fifteen years and normally two-way communication.

Richelle