Some had once believed that Albus Dumbledore had chosen to abandon revenge because he feared the sheer number of Muggles.
But his and Grindelwald's purpose in seeking the Deathly Hallows had not been to become masters of Death and thereby attain immortality. In their plan, the Resurrection Stone—the key to creating Inferi—had always remained with the Gaunt family. By Marvolo Gaunt's time, they had already declined, and would not, as before, wear that ring bearing the Peverell crest in public.
As for why young Tom Riddle had worn it at school without Albus noticing, that was rather puzzling. Perhaps it was because he had only just taken over Hogwarts as headmaster and had to "deal with" people like the Malfoy family.
The sunset the previous evening had promised good weather, but when Georgiana rose in the morning, she found the sky blanketed by dark clouds, as though rain clouds from the Alps had drifted over.
Such weather felt oppressive, especially with the wind howling outside, making it seem as though the coming spring had been blown away again.
She lightly circled the rim of her wineglass with a finger, wiping away the mark left by her lipstick, then raised her head to look out the window.
When Maria Theresa had been a little girl, she had not been raised as an heir. In 1713, her father Charles VI promulgated the "Pragmatic Sanction." Since neither Charles VI nor his elder brother had any male descendants, he decreed that the eldest daughter would inherit the throne.
Rome had never had a female ruler, and even Maria Theresa was the Holy Roman Empire's only female ruler.
Even after issuing the "Pragmatic Sanction," Charles VI had not given up on producing a male heir. He later had two daughters, but after the age of