The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 165365

> colebiancardi:
> In my firm belief, which could change after 7/21, if DD hid Regulus
> (and maybe his father), it was done in such a way that it made ? 
>Regulus seem dead to the rest of the world. Remember what DD told 
>Draco - they cannot kill you if you are already dead.

va32h here:

I was also of the mind that Dumbledore hid Regulus. But the one thing 
that throws a wrench into that idea (for me) is the trip to the cave 
for the locket horcrux. 

If Regulus took the horcrux, and went to Dumbledore to help him hide 
from Voldemort, why doesn't Dumbledore already know that the locket 
is a fake? Wouldn't Regulus have told him about the cave? And if 
Regulus didn't tell Dumbledore all this - what reason would he have 
given Dumbledore that would compel DD to go to the trouble of hiding 
him?

va32h