Ron was just as entranced by the story as the others and he gave a great gulp of air as Kreacher told them how he escaped. He shuddered, hard and felt the shiver of gooseflesh on his arms and the back of his neck. "That's just bloody... Ugh. Crazy. Load of nutters," he whispered, trying for scornful but only sounding horrified. "What happened then?" That told them how the locket got there, but not how Regulus had got it out... or why.