chresimos and I have discussed what we think a "high, cold laugh" is (it comes up again in GoF, where V also has a "high, cold voice"), and decided we don't know. It's high, so it's shrill? A hysterical giggle? But cold too? Dunno.
The highness of it makes him sound ridiculously melodramatic - more Dr. Evil than Dr. No.
I was rather intrigued by the fact that he didn't recognize Fawkes as Dumbledore's phoenix. I'd always assumed that Dumbledore had Fawkes as a 'pet' for many years. What did Fawkes do or who was he with while Riddle was at school?
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Date: 2004-11-08 01:56 pm (UTC)The highness of it makes him sound ridiculously melodramatic - more Dr. Evil than Dr. No.
I was rather intrigued by the fact that he didn't recognize Fawkes as Dumbledore's phoenix. I'd always assumed that Dumbledore had Fawkes as a 'pet' for many years. What did Fawkes do or who was he with while Riddle was at school?