Musings on Dobby,Horcruxes, and MPD!LV Was:Snape and use of "The Dark Lord"

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 167156

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anne_t_squires" 
<tfaucette6387 at ...> wrote:

I've got just one question, Dobby," said Harry as Dobby pulled on
Harry's sock with shaking hands. "You told me all this had nothing to
do with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, remember? Well ---"

"It was a clue, sir," said Dobby, his eyes widening, as though this
was obvious. "Was giving you a clue. The Dark Lord, before he
changed his name, could be freely named, you see?"

"Right," Said Harry weakly. (CoS P.429)

va32h here:

You know, what suddenly occurred to me as I read your post - how does 
Dobby know that Voldemort was Tom Riddle? You'd think Lucius must know, 
because Voldemort gave the diary to him. But if Voldemort's past life 
as Tom Riddle is so obvious, why does Dumbledore tell us that "few 
knew" about it. And why is Bellatrix still horrified when Harry calls 
out Voldemort as a half-blood in the ministry?

I realize that the current Death Eater movement is not at all about 
blood purity - but the first one was supposed to be. I'm just very 
confused about the status of who knew what about Tom Riddle and when. 

va32h