Voldemort did not know whether it was because he had gone too long without speaking to anyone, or because he had an unusual interest in Harry, but while waiting for the Death Eaters to gather, the noseless Dark Lord kept chattering away at Harry.
He said this was the graveyard of Little Hangleton, his mother's hometown. Gaunt House was in the forest over there, while his father's home, Riddle House, stood on a hill on the other side of town.
He also said that Old Riddle's grave was right by Potter's feet. That man had given Voldemort half his Muggle blood, then abandoned his mother, leaving Tom to grow up in an orphanage.
So Voldemort later killed his own father, framed his uncle for it, and got the entire Gaunt family killed in Azkaban.
Voldemort described the pleasure of revenge and hinted that Potter would not live much longer. Now, all that remained was to wait for the audience to arrive.
Harry dearly wanted to spit at him or argue back, but his mouth was still stuffed with coal.
Before long, many robed figures arrived through Apparition. At first, they cowered behind different gravestones, but soon they all knelt before Voldemort.
The Dark Lord stopped speaking with Harry. Seemingly dissatisfied with the Death Eaters' performance over the past decade or so, he gave them a verbal dressing-down. Then he publicly tortured one of them with the Cruciatus Curse, only to restore Wormtail's arm afterward.
With both threats and rewards, he once again used fear and worship to bring these people under his control.
However, he specifically praised Mr. Malfoy, delighted by the chaos he had caused at the Quidditch World Cup. He said that he had temporarily acquired a body through Nagini's venom and Unicorns' blood at the time, but