Owner of Riddle House

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 148331

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <miles at ...> wrote:
>
> >   Catherine:
> >   I have another question about the Riddle house. Who is "the 
wealthy man that owned the Riddle house" (pg 10, GoF, UK edition)? 
Any ideas?
> Miles:
> "The wealthy man who owned the Riddle House these days neither 
lived there nor put it to any use; they said in the village that he 
kept it for "tax reasons," though nobody was very clear what these 
might be. The wealthy owner continued to pay Frank to do the 
gardening, however." (GoF 1, quoted from Lexicon)
> 
(Snip)> 
> IMO the owner of this house is not important for the story.
> 

Tonks:
Very interesting now that you mention it. I always thought that the 
wealthy man was a front for LV, or someone acting on his behalf 
without knowing who he was. Like a Muggle lawyer who really has 
never met his client face to face. ;-) But he could just be a Muggle 
with some tie to the Riddle family.  He could be Lucius Malfoy. 
Since it is too late in the series for any new characters, it is 
probably true that he is not important. What is important is why is 
the house still important to LV?  Is there something in the house, 
or perhaps the house itself that is a Horcrux? Yes I know, I know, 
we are seeing Horcruxes everywhere. Just a thought.

Tonks_op