[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Tom left Merope

[Andrea Grevera]

No: HPFGUIDX 146995



  Carol, wondering what would have happened if Tom Sr. had sought out
  his newborn son and raised him as a wealthy Muggle rather than letting
  him grow up unacknowledged in an orphanage

  Andie:

  Quick question - Did Tom know that Merope was pregnant before he left her?

  Did Merope tell him?

  Pg 214 HBP US version:  Tom Riddle reappeared at the manor house in Little Hangleton
  without his wife.  The rumor flew around the neighborhood that he was talking of being 'hoodwinked' & 'taken in.'
  ...the villagers guessed that Merope had lied to Tom Riddle, pretending that she was going to have his baby, &
  that he had married her for this reason."
  "But she did have his baby."
  "But not until a year after they were married.  Tom Riddle left her while she was still pregnant."

  We don't know if Merope ever told Riddle that she was pregnant.  LV could have killed his father & grandparents
  without them knowing that he had ever been born.






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