Turn to Page 227, The Very Secret Diary. Today’s lesson is called Telling History.
The chapter begins with Hermione recovering from accidentally transforming into a cat. All students return from winter break, and suspicion around Harry persists, despite no new attacks. Ron and Harry respond to a screaming Myrtle and discover that someone has thrown away a fifty-year-old diary belonging to T. M. Riddle - a name that Ron remembers from a special trophy at Hogwarts. Harry keeps the diary, despite its being blank and eventually he and Hermione speculate that it may be relevant to the last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened.
Meanwhile, Lockhart introduces Valentine’s delivering dwarves, one of whom tackles Harry in the hallway and sings a musical valentine message to him. Ginny seems especially mortified, as in the melee, Malfoy steals the diary temporarily from Harry. Afterward, Harry recognizes that spilled ink covered most of his books, but not the diary. He decides to write in the diary, and is stunned when it responds to him. In a conversation with Tom Marvolo Riddle, Harry learns that he resolved the previous opening of the Chamber of Secrets, and is invited by Tom to see his memory.
Harry agrees, and is pulled into the diary to watch as Riddle confronts Hagrid, who releases a giant spider that escapes. Harry is thrown back from the memory, and reveals to Ron that their friend, Hagrid, opened the Chamber fifty years ago.
Music: Happy Haunts by Aaron Kenny
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