Jane's grandmother put Jane's grandfather's family tree on display, at his funeral. While there, Jane took a look at ti. She noticed that her great-grandfather was named Matthew Morvool Clements. The name Morvool really stood out, as it was the only unusual name in the family.
Jane and Neville were asked to come to Professor Dumbledore's office again, so they did.
"Did you two hear about what happened to Katie?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
Jane nodded.
"Yes, sir," Neville replied. Neither of them had permission to go to Hogsmede after what happened last time, but most of the students in the school were still going. "How is she?"
"Still very unwell, although relatively lucky. She appears to have brushed the necklace with the smallest possible amount of skin: There was a tiny hole in her glove."
Professor Dumbledore was soon setting up the pensive. "We last left off when the handsome muggle, Tom Riddle, had abanded his witch wife and returned to his family home in Little Hangleton. Merope was left in London, expecting the baby."
"How do you know she was in London, sir?" Neville asked.
"Because of the evidence of one, Caractacus Burke, who helped found the very shop whence came the necklace we have just been discussing."
They went into the pensive, to see the image of an old man. "Yes, we acquired it under curious circumstances. It was brought in by a young witch just before Christmas, oh, many years ago now. She said she needed the gold badly, well, that much was obvious. Covered in rags and pretty far along … Going to have a baby, see. She said the locket had been Slytherin's. She didn't seem to have an idea how much it was worth. Happy to get ten galleons for it. Best bargain we ever made!"
Professor Dumbledore took them back. "So we know that, near the end of her pregnancy, Merope was alone in London, and in desperate need of gold, desperate enough to sell her one and only valuable possession, the locket that was one of Marvolo's treasured family heirlooms."
