The Smiths must still have the Hufflepuff Cup

[abergoat]

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KJ wrote:
>      Wouldn't it just be easier to transfigure a tea cup to look like 
> Hufflepuff's cup???  I have to go with Carol here. It would make no 
> sense to leave it.

Abergoat responds:
And you are clearly right - I reread the chapter and it makes it very
clear that the family did not ever find the two treasures. And it also
makes clear that Burkes wasn't killed before Tom left. 

I could see no one paying any attention Morfin's mutterings about his
missing ring, but I confess I'm surprised that the Smiths - apparently
a wealthy family - didn't manage to get an investigation going. And it
seems Tom was visiting Hepizbah on his own, not at the suggestion of
Burkes and Borgin as I originally thought. Otherwise it should have
been guessed that Tom was at least involved in the disappearance of
the items.

But then, I believe Dumbledore tells us that few people know that Lord
Voldemort was that young handsome Tom Riddle so perhaps they did put
two and two together but it didn't matter.

So back to thinking the cup will be pulled out of the hat.

Abergoat