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The Writing on the Wall
"Thewholethingisarrantnonsense,ofcourse,"hesaid."Naturally,theschoolhasbeensearchedforevidenceofsuchachamber,manytimes,bythemostlearnedwitchesandwizards.Itdoesnotexist.Ataletoldtofrightenthegullible."
Hermione’shandwasbackintheair.
"Sir-whatexactlydoyoumeanbythehorrorwithin’theChamber?"
"Thatisbelievedtobesomesortofmonster,whichtheHeirofSlytherinalonecancontrol,"saidProfessorBinnsinhisdry,reedyvoice.
Theclassexchangednervouslooks.
"Itellyou,thethingdoesnotexist,"saidProfessorBinns,shufflinghisnotes."ThereisnoChamberandnomonster."
"But,sir,"saidSeamusFinnigan,"iftheChambercanonlybeopenedbySlytherin’strueheir,nooneelsewouldbeabletofindit,wouldthey?"
"Nonsense,O’Flaherty,"saidProfessorBinnsinanaggravatedtone."IfalongsuccessionofHogwartsheadmastersandheadmistresseshaven’tfoundthething—"
"But,Professor,"pipedupParvatiPatil,"you’dprobablyhavetouseDarkMagictoopenit—"
"Justbecauseawizarddoesn’tuseDarkMagicdoesn’tmeanhecan’t,MissPennyfeather,"snappedProfessorBinns."Irepeat,ifthelikesofDumbledore—"
"Butmaybeyou’vegottoberelatedtoSlytherin,soDumbledorecouldn’t-"beganDeanThomas,butProfessorBinnshadhadenough.
"Thatwilldo,"hesaidsharply.
