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[[File:Poisoned cocoa.png|thumb|A cup of poisoned cocoa]]
This '''little known lethal poison''' was used to kill [[Hepzibah Smith]]. It is assumed that her [[house-elf]] [[Hokey]] did it, her old age causing her to mistake the poison for [[sugar]] when making her mistress's evening cocoa. However, it was actually [[Tom Riddle]]'s doing, so he could steal [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]] and [[Helga Hufflepuff's Cup]], which were in Hepzibah's possession, while [[False memory charm|implanting a false memory]] into the elf to frame her.
 
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{{Quote|She remembered putting something in her mistress's cocoa that turned out not to be sugar, but a lethal and little-known poison. It was concluded that she had not meant to do it, but being old and confused —|[[Hokey]]'s [[False memory spell|false memory]] of having poisoned her [[Hepzibah Smith|mistress]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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This '''lethal and little-known [[poison]] ''' was used by [[Tom Riddle]] to kill [[Hepzibah Smith]].<ref name="HBP20">{{HBP|B|20}}</ref>
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==Usage==
 
The [[British Ministry of Magic]] assumed that Hepzibah's [[house-elf]] [[Hokey]] killed Hepzibah Smith, her old age causing her to mistake the poison for [[sugar]] when making her mistress's evening [[Hot chocolate|cocoa]]. However, it was actually [[Tom Riddle]]'s doing, two days after his last meeting with the elder [[Wizardkind|witch]], so he could steal [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]] and [[Helga Hufflepuff's Cup]], which were in Hepzibah's possession, while [[False memory spell|implanting a false memory]] into the elf to frame her.<ref name="HBP20"/>
   
 
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 25 September 2023

Poisoned cocoa

A cup of poisoned cocoa

"She remembered putting something in her mistress's cocoa that turned out not to be sugar, but a lethal and little-known poison. It was concluded that she had not meant to do it, but being old and confused —"
Hokey's false memory of having poisoned her mistress[src]

This lethal and little-known poison was used by Tom Riddle to kill Hepzibah Smith.[1]

Usage

The British Ministry of Magic assumed that Hepzibah's house-elf Hokey killed Hepzibah Smith, her old age causing her to mistake the poison for sugar when making her mistress's evening cocoa. However, it was actually Tom Riddle's doing, two days after his last meeting with the elder witch, so he could steal Salazar Slytherin's Locket and Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, which were in Hepzibah's possession, while implanting a false memory into the elf to frame her.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20 (Lord Voldemort's Request)