Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

by J.K. Rowling

around. Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard, scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was remarkable how much she looked like a saber-toothed tiger. “Ah,” said Fred.

There was a very small pile of silver Sickles inside, and just one gold Galleon.

September, I will be taking up the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!”

opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily.

Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side,

Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.

After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school.”

The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of Secrets, unleash the horror within, and use it to purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic.”

And within five minutes, the class had sunk back into its usual torpor.

“So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . .” He shook his head. “You know what, Harry? If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you.”

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

“You’ll meet the same sticky end as your parents one of these days, Harry Potter,” he said softly. “They were meddlesome fools, too.”