Tom Riddle's Visit to Dumbledore's Office - He Tampered with His Memory

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 139445

"Voldemort sneered. "If you do not want to give me a job--"
"Of course I don't," said Dumbledore. "And I don't think for a moment 
you expected me to. Nevertheless, you came here, you asked, you must 
have a purpose."
Voldemort stood up. He looked less like Tom Riddle than ever, his 
features thick with rage. "This is your final word?"
"It is," said Dumbledore, also standing.
"Then we have nothing more to say to each other."
"No, nothing," said Dumbledore, and a great sadness filled his 
face. "The time is long gone when I could frighten you with a burning 
wardrobe and force you to make repayment for your crimes. But I wish 
I could, Tom...I wish I could..."

For a second, Harry was on the verge of shouting a pointless warning: 
He was sure that Voldemort's hand had twitched toward his pocket and 
his wand; but then the moment had passed, Voldemort had turned away, 
the door was closing, and he was gone.


vmonte:
Tom's specialty seems to be messing with peoples memories. I think 
that what we are witnessing here is not a penseive memory that was 
tampered with, but rather a person who has had their memories 
altered. 

I think that Tom's visit had more to do with either getting 
information from Dumbledore, or perhaps making his mind more pliable 
to the idea of letting another DE into the school.

Vivian