His Little Helper

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Susan Albrecht 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:

> 
> SSSusan:
> As excited as I was at first to have (alongside so
> many others) come up with Regulus as the likely
> candidate, I'm starting to squirm a little about this.
>  Yes, I'm afraid this one is starting to feel too
> easy, as if Jo is having a good chuckle over all the
> back-patting that's going on in the fandom.
> 
> So, yes, I'm willing to consider other candidates for
> RAB.
> 
> We know it's not likely to be Burke(s), as his first
> name has been identified as Caractacus.  This does,
> however, leave Borgin, who so far is still known only
> as "Mr."  He would certainly be in an interesting
> position re: potentially knowing things about
> Voldy's/Tom Riddle's past, given the type of business
> he runs and the fact that we KNOW Malfoy has brought
> in some of TR's/Voldy's things to the shop.
> 
> The question is, why would Mr. Borgin have any
> interest in foiling Voldy?
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan


Voldy's protection racket was starting to get too pricey? Voldy had 
to get his cash from somewhere, a little sideline in extortion would 
help. Possibly he's running some kind of illegal potion scam as 
well, Madam Hooch has to do something when she's not giving first 
years their single flying lesson.

RAB has to be someone Harry can identify and trace, that's really 
why Reg is so appealing. Any Black would do for that I guess. 

I'm intrigued as to why, in the interview, JKR is so specific about 
Voldy *not* being the one to kill Reg. Does this mean that who did 
kill him (Snape?) or what (potion?) is significant?

Regards
Jo

I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher, who believed the 
time was ripe for a cheese cauldron.