The Smiths must still have the Hufflepuff Cup

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 156509

Carol wrote:
> I don't see how the Smith family could still have the cup since
> Voldemort stole both it and the locket to turn them into Horcruxes
> after he murdered Hepzibah (and framed poor Hokey).

Abergoat responds:
But that is the question isn't it? Hepzibah clearly says her family
would be furious if they knew she was showing it to Tom and she
explicitly states that they cannot wait to get their hands on it. This
seems it imply either Tom ran around modifying Smith family members'
memories so they wouldn't remember it at all (seems dangerous...what
if one of them proves resistant? And how does Voldemort figure out who
they are?) or Tom went the simpler route and left the cup in the
family's possession.

I could be wrong, but it is a serious plot hole otherwise.

Abergoat