"other ways of destroying a man . . ."

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 126042


Theotokos wrote: 
> His (DD's) comment, "We *both* know. . ." sounds personal to me.  
> It sounds like LV/Tom did something very horrible that did or 
> didn't go the way it was meant to go--either way both DD and LV
> know about it and both recognized it as being horrible.
 

What springs immediately to my mind is what he did to Hagrid.  He 
framed him for opening the Chamer of Secrets.  Had DD not intervened 
(taking him on as groundsman, covering up the reason for his 
expulsion), what would have become of him?  He was 13/14 years old, 
his mother had abandoned him and his father was dead.  He would no 
longer become a wizard and indeed magic was now forbidden to him 
plus the entire WW would have thought he was the heir of SS.  He 
certainly would have been destroyed.

Just a thought.

Karen