Гарри Поттер и тайная комната
The Very Secret Diary
ButHermionewaspullingherwandoutofherbag.
"Itmightbeinvisibleink!"shewhispered.
Shetappedthediarythreetimesandsaid,"Aparecium!"
Nothinghappened. Undaunted,Hermioneshovedherhandbackintoherbagandpulledoutwhatappearedtobeabrightrederaser.
"It’saRevealer,IgotitinDiagonAlley,"shesaid.
SherubbedhardonJanuaryfirst.Nothinghappened.
"I’mtellingyou,there’snothingtofindinthere,"saidRon. "RiddlejustgotadiaryforChristmasandcouldn’tbebotheredfillingitin."
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Harrycouldn’texplain,eventohimself,whyhedidn’tjustthrowRiddle’sdiaryaway. Thefactwasthateventhoughheknewthediarywasblank,hekeptabsentmindedlypickingitupandturningthepages,asthoughitwereastoryhewantedtofinish. AndwhileHarrywassurehehadneverheardthenameT.M.Riddlebefore,itstillseemedtomeansomethingtohim,almostasthoughRiddlewasafriendhe’dhadwhenhewasverysmall,andhadhalf-forgotten. Butthiswasabsurd.He’dneverhadfriendsbeforeHogwarts,Dudleyhadmadesureofthat.
Nevertheless,HarrywasdeterminedtofindoutmoreaboutRiddle, sonextdayatbreak,heheadedforthetrophyroomtoexamineRiddle’sspecialaward, accompaniedbyaninterestedHermioneandathoroughlyunconvincedRon,whotoldthemhe’dseenenoughofthetrophyroomtolasthimalifetime.
Riddle’sburnishedgoldshieldwastuckedawayinacornercabinet.
