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+ | At daybreak, on a fine day in the summer of [[1940s|1943]], this maid stepped into the drawing room at the [[Riddle House]], to find the three [[Riddle family|Riddles]] dead, with a look of terror on their faces and still wearing their dinner clothes from the night before. She entered in panic and ran away from the House, down the hill heading to the [[Little Hangleton|village]], rousing all the villagers she saw in her way.<ref name="GoF"></ref> [[Albus Dumbledore]] later explained this to [[Harry Potter]] during their [[Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore's private lessons|lessons]] about [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s past.<ref name="HBP"></ref> |
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- "Lying there with their eyes wide open! Cold as ice! Still in their dinner things!"
- — The maid, rousing the Little Hangleton villagers after she found the three Riddles dead.[src]
The Riddles' maid was a Muggle woman who worked in the Riddle House.
Biography
Maid for the Riddles
She worked in the capacity of a maid for the Riddles. She lived either in Little Hangleton or in her masters' manor.[1]
The Riddle Murders
At daybreak, on a fine day in the summer of 1943, this maid stepped into the drawing room at the Riddle House, to find the three Riddles dead, with a look of terror on their faces and still wearing their dinner clothes from the night before. She entered in panic and ran away from the House, down the hill heading to the village, rousing all the villagers she saw in her way.[1] Albus Dumbledore later explained this to Harry Potter during their lessons about Lord Voldemort's past.[2]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Chapter 1: The Riddle House
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Chapter 17: A Sluggish Memory